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Polymorphism of the 5-HT transporter and response to antidepressants: randomised controlled trial

Lewis, Glyn, Mulligan, Jean, Wiles, Nicola, Cowen, Philip, Craddock, Nicholas John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2171-0610, Ikeda, Masashi, Grozeva, Detelina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3239-8415, Mason, Victoria, Nutter, David, Sharp, Deborah, Tallon, Debbie, Thomas, Laura, O'Donovan, Michael Conlon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7073-2379 and Peters, Tim J. 2011. Polymorphism of the 5-HT transporter and response to antidepressants: randomised controlled trial. British Journal of Psychiatry 198 (6) , pp. 464-471. 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.082727

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Abstract

Background Antidepressants exhibit a variety of pharmacological actions including inhibition of the serotonin and noradrenaline transporters. We wished to investigate whether genetic variation could be used to target or personalise treatment, in a comparison of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) with noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (NARIs). Aims To test the hypothesis that patients homozygous for the long (insertion) polymorphism of the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) have an increased response to SSRI antidepressants but not to NARI antidepressants. Method In an individually randomised, parallel-group controlled trial, people meeting criteria for a depressive episode who were referred by their general practitioner were randomised to receive either citalopram (an SSRI) or reboxetine (an NARI). Randomisation was by means of a remote automated system accessed by telephone. The main outcome was depressive symptoms, measured by Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) total score 6 weeks after randomisation. The trial was registered with the International Standard Randomised Controlled Trials Number registry (ISRCTN31345163). Results Altogether 298 participants were randomised to receive citalopram and 303 were randomised to reboxetine. At 6 weeks follow-up, complete data were available for 258 participants taking citalopram and 262 taking reboxetine. We found no evidence to support an influence of 5-HTTLPR on outcome following antidepressant treatment. The interaction term for BDI score at 6 weeks was 0.50 (95% CI –2.04 to 3.03, P = 0.70), which indicated that responses to the SSRI and NARI were similar irrespective of 5-HTTLPR genotype. Conclusions It is unlikely that the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism alone will be clinically useful in predicting response to antidepressants in people with depression.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Medicine
Subjects: R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Publisher: Royal College of Psychiatrists
ISSN: 0007-1250
Last Modified: 06 Nov 2022 14:13
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/28946

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