Efficacy and safety of vortioxetine in treatment of patients with major depressive disorder and common co-morbid physical illness.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Volume: 311

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Year of Publication: 2022

Affiliated Institutions:  Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; University Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Electronic address: D.S.Baldwin@soton.ac.uk. H. Lundbeck A/S; Valby, Denmark.

Abstract summary 

The multimodal antidepressant vortioxetine is effective in reducing somatic symptoms in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), but little is known about its effects in reducing depressive symptoms in patients with common comorbid physical illnesses.This was a pooled analysis of 13 randomized, placebo-controlled trials which evaluated the efficacy (using the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale [MADRS]) and safety of vortioxetine (5-20 mg/day) in adult patients with MDD. We evaluated stable somatic comorbid conditions that were verified by a diagnosis and had sufficient database representation.Of the 5982 patients included in the database, 963 (16.1%) patients had a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, 152 (2.5%) had diabetes mellitus and 26 (0.4%) had chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD). At Week 8, adjusted mean[95%CI] treatment differences (vortioxetine vs. placebo) on MADRS total scores were -2.7[-4.2, -1.3] (p = 0.0002) points for the cardiovascular disease, -4.0[-7.7, -0.4] (p = 0.03) for the diabetes, and -6.2[-21.3, 8.9] (p = 0.36) for the COPD groups. The rate and pattern of adverse events were similar across the sub-groups with comorbidities and was consistent with that expected for vortioxetine treatment.The primary studies were not designed to investigate the relationship between vortioxetine and comorbidities, nor were the post hoc analyses powered to detect group differences.Patients with MDD and comorbid cardiovascular disease or diabetes respond to vortioxetine in a similar way to the broader MDD population. Vortioxetine was generally safe and well tolerated and without unexpected adverse events in these subpopulations, most of whom are taking multiple concomitant medications.

Authors & Co-authors:  Baldwin David S DS Necking Oscar O Schmidt Simon Nitschky SN Ren Hongye H Reines Elin H EH

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Authors :  5
Identifiers
Doi : 10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.098
SSN : 1573-2517
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Adult
Other Terms
Cardiovascular disease;Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder;Comorbidity;Depression;Diabetes;Vortioxetine
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
Netherlands