title: Efficacy and tolerability of moclobemide compared with imipramine in depressive disorder (DSM-III): an Austrian double-blind, multicentre study.
abstract: The antidepressant efficacy, tolerability, and safety of moclobemide, a reversible, monoamine oxidase-A inhibitor, were compared with those of imipramine in parallel groups of patients with a major depressive episode, in a 4-week, multicentre (17 centres), randomised study. A total of 381 patients were randomly allocated to either treatment; they were not required to avoid tyramine-rich foods. Drop-out rates were comparable in both groups at about 17%. Judged primarily on the HRSD, no significant differences in efficacy were observed between the groups, but the number of patients presenting with adverse events, as well as the total number of adverse events, was greater with imipramine. Cardiovascular tolerability was satisfactory and physical examination, body weight, and laboratory values were essentially unaffected in both groups.
authors.affiliation: Landes-Nervenklinik, Neurologie Abteilung, Salzburg, Austria.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Baumhackl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bizière
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fischbach
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Geretsegger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hebenstreit
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Radmayr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stabl
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001317:Austria; D001549:Benzamides / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007099:Imipramine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020912:Moclobemide; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
chemical_list: D001549:Benzamides; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; D007099:Imipramine; D020912:Moclobemide