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Cognitive outcomes after sertaline treatment in patients with depression of Alzheimer disease
Munro, Cynthia A.,
Longmire, Crystal Flynn,
Drye, Lea T.,
Martin, Barbara K.,
Frangakis, Constantine E.,
Meinert, Curtis L.,
Mintzer, Jacobo E.,
Porsteinsson, Anton P.,
Rabins, Peter V.,
Rosenberg, Paul B.,
Schneider, Lon S.,
Weintraub, Daniel,
Lyketsos, Constantine G.
Objectives: Although many depressed patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) are treated with antidepressants, the effect of such treatment on cognitive performance in these patients is not known. The authors report cognitive outcomes in patients with depression of AD (dAD) after a 24-week trial of sertraline or placebo.; Design: Placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind trial.; Setting: Outpatient memory […]
Depressive symptoms, antidepressant use, and future cognitive health in postmenopausal women: the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study
Goveas, Joseph S.,
Hogan, Patricia E.,
Kotchen, Jane M.,
Smoller, Jordan W.,
Denburg, Natalie L.,
Manson, JoAnn E.,
Tummala, Aruna,
Mysiw, W. Jerry,
Ockene, Judith K.,
Woods, Nancy F.,
Espeland, Mark A.,
Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia
Background: Antidepressants are commonly prescribed medications in the elderly, but their relationship with incident mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and probable dementia is unknown.; Methods: The study cohort included 6,998 cognitively healthy, postmenopausal women, aged 65-79 years, who were enrolled in a hormone therapy clinical trial and had baseline depressive symptoms and antidepressant use history assessments […]
Study of the use of antidepressants for depression in dementia: the HTA-SADD trial–a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of sertraline and mirtazapine
Banerjee, S.,
Hellier, J.,
Romeo, R.,
Dewey, M.,
Knapp, M.,
Ballard, C.,
Baldwin, R.,
Bentham, P.,
Fox, C.,
Holmes, C.,
Katona, C.,
Lawton, C.,
Lindesay, J.,
Livingston, G.,
McCrae, N.,
Moniz-Cook, E.,
Murray, J.,
Nurock, S.,
Orrell, M.,
O'Brien, J.,
Poppe, M.,
Thomas, A.,
Walwyn, R.,
Wilson, K.,
Burns, A.
Objective: Depression is common in dementia, causing considerable distress and other negative impacts. Treating it is a clinical priority, but the evidence base is sparse and equivocal. This trial aimed to determine clinical effectiveness of sertraline and mirtazapine in reducing depression 13 weeks post randomisation compared with placebo.; Design: Multicentre, parallel-group, double-blind placebo-controlled randomised controlled […]
Do treatment effects vary among differing baseline depression criteria in depression in Alzheimer’s disease study ± 2 (DIADS-2)?
Drye, Lea T.,
Martin, Barbara K.,
Frangakis, Constantine E.,
Meinert, Curtis L.,
Mintzer, Jacobo E.,
Munro, Cynthia A.,
Porsteinsson, Anton P.,
Rabins, Peter V.,
Rosenberg, Paul B.,
Schneider, Lon S.,
Weintraub, Daniel,
Lyketsos, Constantine G.
Objective: To determine if the effect of sertraline in the depression in Alzheimer’s disease study – 2 (DIADS-2) differed in subgroups of patients defined by baseline depression criteria.; Methods: DIADS-2 was a randomized, parallel, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sertraline (target dose of 100 mg/day) for the treatment of depression […]
Sertraline for the treatment of depression in Alzheimer disease: week-24 outcomes
Weintraub, Daniel,
Rosenberg, Paul B.,
Drye, Lea T.,
Martin, Barbara K.,
Frangakis, Constantine,
Mintzer, Jacobo E.,
Porsteinsson, Anton P.,
Schneider, Lon S.,
Rabins, Peter V.,
Munro, Cynthia A.,
Meinert, Curtis L.,
Lyketsos, Constantine G.
Background: Depression and antidepressant use are common in Alzheimer disease (AD), but the effect of antidepressant treatment for depression on longer term outcomes is unknown. The authors report the Week-24 outcomes of patients who participated in a 12-week efficacy study of sertraline for depression of AD.; Methods: One hundred thirty-one participants (sertraline = 67, placebo […]
Donepezil treatment of older adults with cognitive impairment and depression (DOTCODE study): clinical rationale and design
Pelton, Gregory H.,
Andrews, Howard,
Roose, Steven P.,
Marcus, Sue M.,
D'Antonio, Kristina,
Husn, Hala,
Petrella, Jeffrey R.,
Zannas, Anthony S.,
Doraiswamy, P. Murali,
Devanand, D. P.
Treatment strategies for patients with depression and cognitive impairment (DEP-CI), who are at high risk to develop a clinical diagnosis of dementia, are not established. This issue is addressed in the donepezil treatment of cognitive impairment and depression (DOTCODE) pilot clinical trial. The DOTCODE study is the first long-term treatment trial that assesses differences in […]
Cost-effectiveness analyses for mirtazapine and sertraline in dementia: randomised controlled trial
Romeo, R.,
Knapp, M.,
Hellier, J.,
Dewey, M.,
Ballard, C.,
Baldwin, R.,
Bentham, P.,
Burns, A.,
Fox, C.,
Holmes, C.,
Katona, C.,
Lawton, C.,
Lindesay, J.,
Livingston, G.,
McCrae, N.,
Moniz-Cook, E.,
Murray, J.,
Nurock, S.,
O'Brien, J.,
Poppe, M.,
Thomas, A.,
Walwyn, R.,
Wilson, K.,
Banerjee, S.
Background: Depression is a common and costly comorbidity in dementia. There are very few data on the cost-effectiveness of antidepressants for depression in dementia and their effects on carer outcomes.; Aims: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of sertraline and mirtazapine compared with placebo for depression in dementia.; Method: A pragmatic, multicentre, randomised placebo-controlled trial with a […]
Agitation in nursing home residents with dementia (VIDEANT trial): effects of a cluster-randomized, controlled, guideline implementation trial
Rapp, Michael A.,
Mell, Thomas,
Majić, Tomislav,
Treusch, Yvonne,
Nordheim, Johanna,
Niemann-Mirmehdi, Mechthild,
Gutzmann, Hans,
Heinz, Andreas
Objective: To test the effect of a complex guideline-based intervention on agitation and psychotropic prescriptions.; Design, Setting, Participants: Cluster randomized controlled trial (VIDEANT) with blinded assessment of outcome in 18 nursing homes in Berlin, Germany, comprising 304 dementia patients.; Intervention: Training, support, and activity therapy intervention, delivered at the level of each nursing home, focusing […]