Augmentation Strategies for Treatment-Resistant Depression
March 19th 2024Given that two-thirds of patients treated for a major depressive episode will fail to achieve remission of symptoms after 2 or more treatment trials of first-line antidepressants, the probability of remission will further decrease with subsequent medication trials. Treatment strategies for patients with TRD include augmentation, where a medication is added to a current antidepressant versus switching to a different antidepressant.
Mild Cognitive Impairment and Serotonin System Degeneration
March 14th 2024“If we can show that serotonin loss over time is directly involved in the transition from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer disease, recently developed antidepressant medications may be an effective way to improve memory deficits and depressive symptoms and, thus, may be a powerful way forward to slow disease progression.”
Phase 3 Antipsychotic Candidate Pimavanserin Fails to Achieve Primary Efficacy Endpoint
March 12th 2024Pimavanserin failed to achieve the primary efficacy endpoint of control of negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia in the ADVANCE-2 trial. Acadia Pharmaceuticals will not pursue further research.