title: Antipsychotic augmentation of serotonergic antidepressants in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: a meta-analysis of the randomized controlled trials.
abstract: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of antipsychotic augmentation of serotonergic antidepressants in the management of treatment-resistant obsessive compulsive disorder by carrying out a meta-analysis of all randomized controlled trials. Studies selected through a literature search conducted in March 2006. Ten trials comparing antipsychotic drugs versus placebo met inclusion criteria (haloperidol [n=1], risperidone [n=3], olanzapine [n=2], quetiapine [n=4]). A total of 157 patients were randomized to study drug and 148 were randomized to placebo. Response occurred more often among patients randomized to antipsychotic drugs. The weighted combined response rate ratio by random effects meta-analysis was 3.31 (95% CI 1.40-7.84). Significant between studies heterogeneity was partly explained by the definition of refractoriness, the type and dose of the drug used and the inclusion or exclusion of patients with tic disorders. The study supports the use of antipsychotic drugs as an augmentation strategy but more and larger trials are needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Ioannina, School of Medicine, Ioannina 45110, Greece. pskapin@cc.uoi.gr
authors.forename: Petros
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Skapinakis
authors.forename: Tzeni
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Papatheodorou
authors.forename: Venetsanos
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mavreas
mesh_terms: D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004351:Drug Resistance; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents