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Comparative efficacy, tolerability, and acceptability of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of children, adolescents, and young adults with Tourette's syndrome: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Farhat L, Behling E, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Levine J, Macul Ferreira de Barros P, Wang Z, Bloch M. Comparative efficacy, tolerability, and acceptability of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of children, adolescents, and young adults with Tourette's syndrome: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health 2022, 7: 112-126. PMID: 36528030, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(22)00316-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecond-generation antipsychotic drugsMedication categoriesAntipsychotic drugsModerate certaintyIndividual medicationsTourette syndromePharmacological interventionsLow certaintyWHO International Clinical Trials Registry PlatformInternational Clinical Trials Registry PlatformSystematic reviewClinical Trials Registry PlatformChoice of medicationCochrane Central RegisterNetwork meta-analysis frameworkTrials Registry PlatformRandom-effects networkTerms of tolerabilityCertainty of evidenceClinical practice guidelinesComorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorderStandardised mean differenceTreatment of childrenAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderWeb of ScienceA systematic review: antipsychotic augmentation with treatment refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder
Bloch MH, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Kelmendi B, Coric V, Bracken MB, Leckman JF. A systematic review: antipsychotic augmentation with treatment refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder. Molecular Psychiatry 2006, 11: 622-632. PMID: 16585942, DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001823.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAntipsychotic AgentsBasal Ganglia DiseasesBenzodiazepinesComorbidityDepressive DisorderDibenzothiazepinesDouble-Blind MethodDrug ResistanceDrug Therapy, CombinationHaloperidolHumansMiddle AgedObsessive-Compulsive DisorderOlanzapinePatient DropoutsQuetiapine FumarateRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisperidoneSelective Serotonin Reuptake InhibitorsTic DisordersTreatment OutcomeConceptsSerotonin reuptake inhibitorsAntipsychotic augmentationAbsolute risk differenceObsessive-compulsive disorderComorbid ticsOCD patientsTreatment responseSystematic reviewTreatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorderTreatment-refractory OCD patientsRefractory obsessive-compulsive disorderDouble-blind trialEfficacy of quetiapineTreatment-refractory OCDCochrane Central RegisterMeaningful treatment responseProportion of subjectsEfficacy of haloperidolRandomized control trialObsessive-compulsive disorder patientsSRI monotherapyAdequate trialCentral RegisterControlled TrialsReuptake inhibitors
2020
Time to Clinical Response in the Treatment of Early Onset Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Study
Taylor JH, Appel S, Eli M, Alexander-Bloch A, Maayan L, Gur RE, Bloch MH. Time to Clinical Response in the Treatment of Early Onset Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Study. Journal Of Child And Adolescent Psychopharmacology 2020, 31: 46-52. PMID: 32633541, PMCID: PMC7891207, DOI: 10.1089/cap.2020.0030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical Global Impression-ImprovementClinical responseEarly Onset Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders StudySymptom improvementWeek 8Early-onset schizophrenia spectrum disordersClinical response timeWeeks of treatmentProportional hazards regressionDisorders StudyTime courseSchizophrenia spectrum disordersClinical nonresponseMedication differencesClinical respondersTreatment initiationClinical nonrespondersMedian timeHazards regressionAntipsychotic treatmentEarly improvementSchizoaffective disorderClinical judgmentMore weeksYouth ages 8
2018
Predictors and Moderators of Antipsychotic-Related Weight Gain in the Treatment of Early-Onset Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Study
Taylor JH, Jakubovski E, Gabriel D, Bloch MH. Predictors and Moderators of Antipsychotic-Related Weight Gain in the Treatment of Early-Onset Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Study. Journal Of Child And Adolescent Psychopharmacology 2018, 28: 474-484. PMID: 29920116, PMCID: PMC6154761, DOI: 10.1089/cap.2017.0147.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Predictors of treatment response and drop out in the Treatment of Early-Onset Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (TEOSS) study
Gabriel D, Jakubovski E, Taylor JH, Artukoglu BB, Bloch MH. Predictors of treatment response and drop out in the Treatment of Early-Onset Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (TEOSS) study. Psychiatry Research 2017, 255: 248-255. PMID: 28595147, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.05.038.Peer-Reviewed Original Research