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Article: Maintenance treatment with quetiapine versus discontinuation after one year of treatment in patients with remitted first episode psychosis: Randomised controlled trial

TitleMaintenance treatment with quetiapine versus discontinuation after one year of treatment in patients with remitted first episode psychosis: Randomised controlled trial
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Issue Date2010
PublisherB M J Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.bmj.com/
Citation
Bmj (Online), 2010, v. 341 n. 7770, article no. c4024 How to Cite?
AbstractObjective: To study rates of relapse in remitted patients with first episode psychosis who either continued or discontinued antipsychotic drugs after at least one year of maintenance treatment. Design: 12 month randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial. Setting: Early psychosis outpatient clinics in Hong Kong. Participants: 178 patients with first episode psychosis who had received at least one year of antipsychotic drug treatment between September 2003 and July 2006 and had no positive symptoms of psychosis. Interventions: Patients received either maintenance treatment with quetiapine (400 mg/day) or placebo and were followed up for the next 12 months or until a relapse occurred. Main outcome measure: Relapse assessed monthly and defined as re-emergence of psychotic symptoms (delusions, conceptual disorganisation, hallucinations, suspiciousness, and unusual thought content) according to predefined thresholds. Results: 178 patients were randomised (89 to quetiapine and 89 to placebo). The Kaplan-Meier estimate of the risk of relapse at 12 months was 41% (95% confidence interval 29% to 53%) for the quetiapine group and 79% (68% to 90%) for the placebo group (P<0.001). Although quetiapine was generally well tolerated, the rate of discontinuation due to adverse or serious adverse events was greater in the quetiapine group (18%; 16/89) than in the placebo group (8%; 7/89) (relative risk 2.29, 95% confidence interval 0.99 to 5.28; χ 2=3.20, df=1; P=0.07). Conclusion: In a group of asymptomatic patients with first episode psychosis and at least one year of previous antipsychotic drug treatment, maintenance treatment with quetiapine compared with placebo resulted in a substantially lower rate of relapse during the following year. Trial registration: Clinical trials NCT00334035.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/129539
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2023 Impact Factor: 93.6
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.803
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Research Grants Council of Hong KongHKU 7655/05M
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
British Columbia Mental Health and Addictions Services
Janssen-Cilag
Pfizer
Eli Lilly
Sanofi-Aventis
Otsuka
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The study was supported by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (HKU 7655/05M) and an investigator initiated study award from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals. WGH was supported by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and the British Columbia Mental Health and Addictions Services. AstraZeneca prepared the quetiapine and the placebo and packaged the study drugs according to the randomisation schedule. AstraZeneca played no role in the study design or conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or preparation, review, and approval of the manuscript. The only study data provided to AstraZeneca were reports of serious adverse events. The authors' work was independent from the funders.

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dc.contributor.authorChen, EYHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHui, CLMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLam, MMLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChiu, CPYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLaw, CWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChung, DWSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTso, Sen_HK
dc.contributor.authorPang, EPFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, KTen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, YCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorMo, FYMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, KPMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYao, TJen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHung, SFen_HK
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dc.date.accessioned2010-12-23T08:38:39Z-
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dc.date.issued2010en_HK
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dc.description.abstractObjective: To study rates of relapse in remitted patients with first episode psychosis who either continued or discontinued antipsychotic drugs after at least one year of maintenance treatment. Design: 12 month randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial. Setting: Early psychosis outpatient clinics in Hong Kong. Participants: 178 patients with first episode psychosis who had received at least one year of antipsychotic drug treatment between September 2003 and July 2006 and had no positive symptoms of psychosis. Interventions: Patients received either maintenance treatment with quetiapine (400 mg/day) or placebo and were followed up for the next 12 months or until a relapse occurred. Main outcome measure: Relapse assessed monthly and defined as re-emergence of psychotic symptoms (delusions, conceptual disorganisation, hallucinations, suspiciousness, and unusual thought content) according to predefined thresholds. Results: 178 patients were randomised (89 to quetiapine and 89 to placebo). The Kaplan-Meier estimate of the risk of relapse at 12 months was 41% (95% confidence interval 29% to 53%) for the quetiapine group and 79% (68% to 90%) for the placebo group (P<0.001). Although quetiapine was generally well tolerated, the rate of discontinuation due to adverse or serious adverse events was greater in the quetiapine group (18%; 16/89) than in the placebo group (8%; 7/89) (relative risk 2.29, 95% confidence interval 0.99 to 5.28; χ 2=3.20, df=1; P=0.07). Conclusion: In a group of asymptomatic patients with first episode psychosis and at least one year of previous antipsychotic drug treatment, maintenance treatment with quetiapine compared with placebo resulted in a substantially lower rate of relapse during the following year. Trial registration: Clinical trials NCT00334035.en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherB M J Publishing Group. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.bmj.com/en_HK
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dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subject.meshAntipsychotic Agents - therapeutic use-
dc.subject.meshDibenzothiazepines - therapeutic use-
dc.subject.meshDouble-Blind Method-
dc.subject.meshHumans-
dc.subject.meshPsychotic Disorders - drug therapy-
dc.titleMaintenance treatment with quetiapine versus discontinuation after one year of treatment in patients with remitted first episode psychosis: Randomised controlled trialen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailChen, EYH: eyhchen@hku.hken_HK
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