2021
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: An Empirical Approach to Defining Treatment Response and Remission in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Farhat LC, Vattimo EFQ, Ramakrishnan D, Levine JLS, Johnson JA, Artukoglu BB, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Asbahr FR, Cepeda SL, Comer JS, Fatori D, Franklin ME, Freeman JB, Geller DA, Grant PJ, Goodman WK, Heyman I, Ivarsson T, Lenhard F, Lewin AB, Li F, Merlo LJ, Mohsenabadi H, Peris TS, Piacentini J, Rosa-Alcázar AI, Rosa-Alcázar À, Rozenman M, Sapyta JJ, Serlachius E, Shabani MJ, Shavitt RG, Small BJ, Skarphedinsson G, Swedo SE, Thomsen PH, Turner C, Weidle B, Miguel EC, Storch EA, Mataix-Cols D, Bloch MH. Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: An Empirical Approach to Defining Treatment Response and Remission in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2021, 61: 495-507. PMID: 34597773, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.05.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric obsessive-compulsive disorderObsessive-compulsive disorderOptimal cutoffYale-Brown ObsessiveCY-BOCSClinical trialsSystematic reviewClinical Global Impression-ImprovementRandom-effects meta-analysis modelDiscriminative abilityStandardized operational definitionsMeta-analysis modelChildren's Yale-Brown ObsessiveDiagnostic test accuracyTreatment responseRemissionSeverity ScaleMeta-AnalysisYouden indexCompulsive ScaleTrialsDisorders
2019
N-Acetylcysteine for Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Small Pilot Study
Li F, Welling MC, Johnson JA, Coughlin C, Mulqueen J, Jakubovski E, Coury S, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Bloch MH. N-Acetylcysteine for Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Small Pilot Study. Journal Of Child And Adolescent Psychopharmacology 2019, 30: 32-37. PMID: 31800306, PMCID: PMC7133418, DOI: 10.1089/cap.2019.0041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCY-BOCS total scoreN-acetylcysteineYale-Brown ObsessiveTotal scorePlacebo groupNAC groupStudy populationBenefit of NACPlacebo-controlled clinical trialSymptom severityEffect of NACMild adverse eventsOCD symptom severityLarger study populationPediatric obsessive-compulsive disorderSmall pilot studyChildren's Yale-Brown ObsessiveStudy medicationAdverse eventsPrimary outcomeGlutamate dysfunctionObsessive-compulsive disorderWeek 12Future trialsNAC treatment
2016
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Early Treatment Responses of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Clomipramine in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Varigonda AL, Jakubovski E, Bloch MH. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Early Treatment Responses of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Clomipramine in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2016, 55: 851-859.e2. PMID: 27663940, PMCID: PMC6944467, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.07.768.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitorsPediatric obsessive-compulsive disorderSerotonin reuptake inhibitorsObsessive-compulsive disorderYale-Brown ObsessiveReuptake inhibitorsTime courseEarly treatment responseTreatment effectsChildren's Yale-Brown ObsessiveSSRI agentsPlacebo groupSSRI treatmentAdult patientsTreatment responsePooled estimatesPharmacological responseHigh dosesMeta-AnalysisSystematic reviewClomipramineSymptom dataMagnitude of responseMean differenceCompulsive Scale