2018
Adaptive treatment strategies for children and adolescents with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A sequential multiple assignment randomized trial
Fatori D, de Bragança Pereira CA, Asbahr FR, Requena G, Alvarenga PG, de Mathis MA, Rohde LA, Leckman JF, March JS, Polanczyk GV, Miguel EC, Shavitt RG. Adaptive treatment strategies for children and adolescents with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A sequential multiple assignment randomized trial. Journal Of Anxiety Disorders 2018, 58: 42-50. PMID: 30025255, DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2018.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup cognitive behavioral therapySequential multiple assignmentTreatment failureInitial treatmentBaseline Yale-Brown ObsessiveChildhood OCDEffective initial treatmentProvision of treatmentCompulsive Scale scoresCognitive behavioral therapyAdaptive treatment strategiesYale-Brown ObsessiveSame regimenObsessive-compulsive disorderTreatment strategiesSymptom reductionPrimary analysisScale scoreFluoxetineTime pointsWeeksTreatmentChildrenEffect sizeTrials
2013
Can early improvement be an indicator of treatment response in obsessive-compulsive disorder? Implications for early-treatment decision-making
da Conceição Costa D, Shavitt R, Cesar R, Joaquim M, Borcato S, Valério C, Miguel E, Diniz J. Can early improvement be an indicator of treatment response in obsessive-compulsive disorder? Implications for early-treatment decision-making. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2013, 47: 1700-1707. PMID: 23948637, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBaseline Y-BOCS scoresSerotonin reuptake inhibitorsEarly improvementTreatment responseY-BOCS scoresBaseline Yale-Brown ObsessiveLogistic regressionAdequate pharmacological treatmentPotential predictive factorsWeeks of treatmentGreater reductionObsessive-compulsive disorder patientsStepwise logistic regressionWarrants further investigationYale-Brown ObsessiveClinical featuresReuptake inhibitorsObsessive-compulsive disorderPharmacological treatmentPredictive factorsMajor depressionDisorder patientsOCD treatment responseCompulsive ScaleWeeks