論文

査読有り
2017年4月

Correlation between the Efficacy of Lamotrigine and the Serum Lamotrigine Level during the Remission Phase of Acute Bipolar II Depression: A Naturalistic and Unblinded Prospective Pilot Study

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
  • Akiyoshi Kikkawa
  • ,
  • Yoshihisa Kitamura
  • ,
  • Tetsuya Aiba
  • ,
  • Koichi Hiraki
  • ,
  • Toshiaki Sendo

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開始ページ
413
終了ページ
418
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1248/bpb.b16-00725
出版者・発行元
PHARMACEUTICAL SOC JAPAN

Lamotrigine has acute antidepressant effects in patients with bipolar disorder. However, there is little information regarding appropriate serum levels of lamotrigine and the time until remission after the start of lamotrigine therapy in patients with bipolar II depression. This was a naturalistic and unblinded prospective pilot study. Twelve patients' depressive symptoms were evaluated using the Montgomery-angstrom sberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) at the start of treatment and at the time of remission, and blood samples were obtained at the time of remission. Mahalanobis distance was used to analyze the relationship between the MADRS improvement rate and the serum lamotrigine level. Furthermore, we calculated the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient for the relationship between the MADRS improvement rate and the serum lamotrigine level, and produced box plots of the serum lamotrigine level at remission and the time until remission. The Mahalanobis distance for the patient that was co-administered lamotrigine and valproic acid differed significantly from those of the other patients (p<0.001). There was no linear relationship between the serum lamotrigine level and the MADRS improvement rate among the patients that did not receive valproic acid. The median time from the start of lamotrigine therapy until remission was 6 weeks. The serum lamotrigine level does not have an important impact on the acute therapeutic effects of lamotrigine on bipolar II depression. In addition, we consider that different treatment options should be considered for non-responders who do not exhibit any improvement after the administration of lamotrigine for approximately 6 weeks.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1248/bpb.b16-00725
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000398140300005&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1248/bpb.b16-00725
  • ISSN : 0918-6158
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000398140300005

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