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Predictors of functional response and remission with desvenlafaxine 50 mg and 100 mg: a pooled analysis of randomized, placebo-controlled studies in patients with major depressive disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2019

Claudio N. Soares Open the ORCID record for Claudio N. Soares [Opens in a new window] ,
Dalia B. Wajsbrot  and
Matthieu Boucher
Claudio N. Soares*
Affiliation:
Queen’s University School of Medicine, Kingston, ON, Canada
Dalia B. Wajsbrot
Affiliation:
Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA
Matthieu Boucher
Affiliation:
Pfizer Canada Inc, Kirkland, QC, Canada McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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* Address correspondence to: Claudio N. Soares, MD, PhD, FRCPC, MBA, Professor of Psychiatry, Queen’s University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry c/o Providence Care Hospital, 752 King St W, Kingston, ON K7L 4X3, Canada. (Email: c.soares@queensu.ca)
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Abstract

Objective.

The value of early functional improvement at week 2 for predicting subsequent functional outcomes at week 8 was assessed in a pooled analysis of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) treated with desvenlafaxine (50 or 100 mg/d) or placebo.

Methods.

Data were pooled from eight double-blind, placebo-controlled studies of desvenlafaxine 50 mg/d or 100 mg/d for the treatment of MDD. Optimal week-2 improvement thresholds in Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) score, which best predicted week-8 treatment success, were determined using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Four definitions of treatment success were established: (1) functional response, (2) functional/depression response, (3) functional remission, and (4) functional/depression remission. Odds ratios (ORs) of early improvement for prediction (based on thresholds determined in the ROC analysis) of week-8 treatment success were computed using logistic regression models.

Results.

Functional early improvement thresholds of 17%–32% were predictive of week-8 treatment success across treatment groups and definitions of treatment success. Optimal thresholds were higher for more stringent definitions. Negative predictive value exceeded positive predictive value, indicating that failure to achieve early functional improvement was more informative about later treatment success than was the achievement of early functional improvement. Early change in SDS was a highly significant predictor of functional response/remission (ORs, 4.981–8.737; all p < 0.0001); the interaction between treatment and early functional improvement was not significant.

Conclusion.

Early improvement in SDS total score was predictive of functional outcomes for patients treated with desvenlafaxine 50 mg, desvenlafaxine 100 mg, or placebo.

Keywords

Antidepressantsmajor depressive disorderpredictive value of teststreatment outcome
Type
Original Research
Information
CNS Spectrums , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , June 2020 , pp. 363 - 371
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2019

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Footnotes

This study was sponsored by Pfizer Inc. Medical writing support was provided by Kathleen M. Dorries, PhD, of Peloton Advantage, LLC, an OPEN Health Company, and was funded by Pfizer Inc. Xuemei Wang of Syneos Health wrote the Statistical Analysis Plan and oversaw programming activities. Statistical programming was performed by Eliassen Group.

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