Precision Medicine in Alcohol Dependence: A Controlled Trial Testing Pharmacotherapy Response Among Reward and Relief Drinking Phenotypes
Mann K, Roos CR, Hoffmann S, Nakovics H, Leménager T, Heinz A, Witkiewitz K. Precision Medicine in Alcohol Dependence: A Controlled Trial Testing Pharmacotherapy Response Among Reward and Relief Drinking Phenotypes. Neuropsychopharmacology 2017, 43: 891-899. PMID: 29154368, PMCID: PMC5809801, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2017.282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBetter treatment responseAlcohol dependenceTreatment responsePREDICT studyAnalysis of subgroupsSubgroup of individualsRelief scoresActive medicationRandomized trialsAD patientsSelf-report questionnairesMedicationsNaltrexonePharmacotherapy responseHigher effect sizesHeavy drinkingClinical applicabilityCutoff analysisDrinking phenotypesPlaceboPrecision medicineDrinkersPatientsEffect sizeDrinking