About half of the patients who respond to antidepressants improve as a result of the natural course of the illness or due to nonspecific or """"""""placebo"""""""" effects rather than pharmacologic effects. Since current practice dictates drug maintenance for all responders to antidepressants, much continuation/maintenance pharmacotherapy may be unnecessary. If """"""""placebo"""""""" responses to an active drug could be identified, unnecessary medication could be discontinued, decreasing morbidity and cost. Knowing that initial improvement is attributable to a """"""""placebo"""""""" effect would also permit more rational treatment of relapses during continuation treatment. Multiple studies have shown that the analysis of patterns of response to acute antidepressant treatment differentiate """"""""true"""""""" or pharmacologic responses from """"""""placebo"""""""" or nonspecific responses. Preliminary data presented in this proposal suggest that pattern analysis also distinguishes patients who require medication during continuation/maintenance from those who do not. In this study, the predictive value of acute response pattern will be tested prospectively using a placebo-controlled discontinuation design. Success in this would allow clinically useful recommendations for continuation treatment to be made based on the collection of relatively simple and easily acquired clinical data.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Unknown (R10)
Project #
5R10MH056058-04
Application #
6186586
Study Section
Treatment Assessment Review Committee (TA)
Program Officer
Niederehe, George T
Project Start
1997-04-01
Project End
2002-03-31
Budget Start
2000-04-01
Budget End
2001-03-31
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
2000
Total Cost
$400,518
Indirect Cost
Name
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Department
Type
DUNS #
167204994
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10032
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