2022
Meta‐Analysis: Efficacy and Tolerability of Vesicular Monoamine Transporter Type 2 Inhibitors in the Treatment of Tic Disorders
Behling E, Farhat LC, Landeros‐Weisenberger A, Bloch MH. Meta‐Analysis: Efficacy and Tolerability of Vesicular Monoamine Transporter Type 2 Inhibitors in the Treatment of Tic Disorders. Movement Disorders 2022, 37: 684-693. PMID: 35191552, DOI: 10.1002/mds.28957.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic tic disorderTourette syndromeVMAT2 inhibitorsTic disordersVesicular monoamine transporter type 2 inhibitorsYale Global Tic Severity ScaleMean differenceRate of discontinuationTic Severity ScaleType 2 inhibitorsShort-term treatmentTic symptomsBlinded RCTEffective therapySeverity ScaleSystematic reviewTolerabilityAvailable evidenceAdverse effectsInverse varianceEfficacyRCTsInhibitorsNonsignificant effectTrials
2020
Pharmacologic Treatment of Tardive Dyskinesia: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review.
Artukoglu BB, Li F, Szejko N, Bloch MH. Pharmacologic Treatment of Tardive Dyskinesia: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2020, 81 PMID: 32459404, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.19r12798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment of TDGreater score reductionPlacebo-controlled trialTardive dyskinesiaVitamin EPharmacologic treatmentTD symptomsScore reductionSystematic reviewPublication biasVesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitorTardive dyskinesia treatmentVitamin E studiesTransporter 2 inhibitorsCalcium channel blockersDuration of treatmentTardive dyskinesia symptomsGreater reductionFixed-effects modelMedication classesHead trialsDyskinesia symptomsPrimary outcomePharmacologic agentsVMAT2 inhibitors