TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical Predictors of Response to Magnetic Seizure Therapy in Depression
T2 - A Preliminary Report
AU - Kayser, Sarah
AU - Bewernick, Bettina H.
AU - Wagner, Stefanie
AU - Schlaepfer, Thomas E.
N1 - Funding Information:
From the *Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Bonn; †Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Mainz; ‡Division of Interventional Biological Psychiatry, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; and §Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Received for publication August 27, 2017; accepted February 1, 2018. Reprints: Thomas E. Schlaepfer, MD, Division of Interventional Biological Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hauptstrasse 5, 79106 Freiburg, Germany (e‐mail: schlaepf@jhmi.edu). This investigator-initiated study was funded in part (funding of magnetic seizure therapy device) by a grant from MagVenture A/S Inc to T.E.S. The sponsor had no influence on design or conduct of the study; on the collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or on the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript. The corresponding author (T.E.S.) has full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and accuracy of data analysis. T.E.S. received honoraria for lectures from Covidien Germany (Neustadt/ Donau, Germany). The other authors have no conflicts of interest or financial disclosures to report. Copyright © 2018 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000495
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PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - Objectives Magnetic seizure therapy (MST) is a novel convulsive brain stimulation method in clinical testing, which is used as an alternative for electroconvulsive therapy in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Preliminary studies have suggested that MST leads to fewer cognitive adverse effects than electroconvulsive therapy but has similar efficacy. However, the clinical predictors of response to MST have not been evaluated yet. This study aimed to investigate whether these predictors can be identified in patients with TRD. Methods Thirty-eight patients with TRD were included. As clinical predictors for treatment response, we used the diagnosis, sex, age, family history, and severity of depression, as well as the melancholic, psychotic, anxiety, and atypical depression symptoms. A response was defined as an improvement higher than 50% on the 28-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. The binary logistic regression, stepwise linear regression, and effect sizes were calculated. Results We found that 68.4% of the patients responded to MST. The responders had significantly fewer previous depressive episodes, less severe depression, and fewer melancholic (anhedonia) and anxiety symptoms than the nonresponders. In addition, responders were more likely to have a positive family history of depression than nonresponders. In particular, the number of previous episodes and a family history of depression were significant predictors of the response to MST. Conclusions We demonstrate that the chronicity, severity, and family history of depression, as well as the presence of melancholic and anxiety symptoms, can serve as clinical predictors of the response to MST. Further research with a larger sample size will be required to verify these preliminary findings.
AB - Objectives Magnetic seizure therapy (MST) is a novel convulsive brain stimulation method in clinical testing, which is used as an alternative for electroconvulsive therapy in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Preliminary studies have suggested that MST leads to fewer cognitive adverse effects than electroconvulsive therapy but has similar efficacy. However, the clinical predictors of response to MST have not been evaluated yet. This study aimed to investigate whether these predictors can be identified in patients with TRD. Methods Thirty-eight patients with TRD were included. As clinical predictors for treatment response, we used the diagnosis, sex, age, family history, and severity of depression, as well as the melancholic, psychotic, anxiety, and atypical depression symptoms. A response was defined as an improvement higher than 50% on the 28-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. The binary logistic regression, stepwise linear regression, and effect sizes were calculated. Results We found that 68.4% of the patients responded to MST. The responders had significantly fewer previous depressive episodes, less severe depression, and fewer melancholic (anhedonia) and anxiety symptoms than the nonresponders. In addition, responders were more likely to have a positive family history of depression than nonresponders. In particular, the number of previous episodes and a family history of depression were significant predictors of the response to MST. Conclusions We demonstrate that the chronicity, severity, and family history of depression, as well as the presence of melancholic and anxiety symptoms, can serve as clinical predictors of the response to MST. Further research with a larger sample size will be required to verify these preliminary findings.
KW - brain stimulation
KW - hedonic capacity
KW - magnetics
KW - mood disorders
KW - severe depression
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U2 - 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000495
DO - 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000495
M3 - Article
C2 - 29613946
AN - SCOPUS:85060702373
SN - 1095-0680
VL - 35
SP - 48
EP - 52
JO - Journal of ECT
JF - Journal of ECT
IS - 1
ER -