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Olanzapine compared to lithium in mania: a double-blind randomized controlled trial.

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posted on 1999-11-01, 00:00 authored by Michael BerkMichael Berk, L Ichim, S Brook
Neuroleptics are of established efficacy in mania. Controlled data on the use of olanzapine in mania is however, absent. In this study, 30 patients meeting DSM-IV criteria for mania were randomly allocated to receive either olanzapine or lithium in a 4 week double-blind randomized controlled design. There were no significant outcome differences between the two groups on any of the primary outcome measures, the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (lithium 28.2; olanzapine 28.0; P = 0.44); Clinical Global Impression (CGI) improvement scale (lithium 2.75, olanzapine 2.36; P = 0.163) or the Mania Scale (lithium 13.2, olanzapine 10.2; P = 0.315). Olanzapine was however, significantly superior to lithium on the CGI-severity scale at week 4 (lithium 2.83, olanzapine 2.29; P = 0.025). Olanzapine did not differ from lithium in terms of treatment emergent extrapyramidal side-effects as measured by the Simpson-Angus Scale. Olanzapine appears to be at least as effective as lithium in the treatment of mania.

History

Journal

International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volume

14

Pagination

339-343

Location

England

ISSN

0268-1315

eISSN

1473-5857

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

1999, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

Issue

6

Publisher

Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins