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Trial reportThe Journal of clinical psychiatry2012

Obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome and poor response to sertraline in patients with coronary heart disease.

Annelieke M Roest, Robert M Carney, Phyllis K Stein, Kenneth E Freedland, Hilary Meyer, Brian C Steinmeyer, Peter de Jonge, Eugene H Rubin

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In one paragraph

Trial report in The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Omega-3 fatty acids for depression in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  2. Omega-3 fatty acids for depression in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015
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  3. Drug therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
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  8. [Current Status of and Progress in Research on Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Comorbid Depressive Disorders].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Annelieke M RoestCenter of Research on Psychology in Somatic Diseases (CoRPS), Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Robert M Carney
Phyllis K Stein
Kenneth E Freedland
Hilary Meyer
Brian C Steinmeyer
Peter de Jonge
Eugene H Rubin
Tilburg University · NL

Funding

Omega-3 for Depression and Other Cardiac Risk FactorsR01HL076808 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CARNEY, ROBERT M · 2005 to 2008
$2.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL076808
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveEvidence from several clinical trials in patients with coronary heart disease suggests that depression that does not respond to treatment is associated with a particularly high risk of adverse cardiac outcomes. The purpose of this study was to determine whether obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is associated with a poor response to antidepressant medication in patients with coronary heart disease.

methodThis was a secondary analysis of data from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of omega-3 fatty-acid augmentation of sertraline for depression in patients with coronary heart disease. Patients with documented coronary heart disease were recruited between May 2005 and December 2008 from cardiology practices in St Louis, Missouri, and through cardiac diagnostic laboratories affiliated with Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri. One hundred five patients (mean age = 58 years) with coronary heart disease and current major depressive disorder (DSM-IV) were randomized to receive sertraline plus either omega-3 or placebo for 10 weeks. Cyclical heart-rate patterns associated with OSAHS were detected via ambulatory electrocardiography prior to treatment. Symptoms of depression were measured at baseline and follow-up with the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS-17). The primary endpoint was the BDI-II score at 10 weeks.

resultsThirty of the 105 patients (29%) were classified as having probable moderate to severe OSAHS on the basis of nighttime heart-rate patterns. These OSAHS patients had significantly higher scores on both the BDI-II (t = -2.78, P = .01) and the HDRS-17 (t = -2.33, P = .02) at follow-up as compared to the reference group. Adjustment for baseline depression score, treatment arm (omega-3 vs placebo), body mass index, and inflammatory markers did not change the results. Patients with OSAHS reported higher item scores at follow-up on all depressive symptoms measured with the BDI-II compared to those without OSAHS.

conclusionsObstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome is associated with a relatively poor response to sertraline treatment for depression. Future research should determine the contribution of OSAHS to the increased risk of adverse cardiac outcome associated with treatment-resistant depression.

Indexed as

Antidepressive AgentsCoronary DiseaseDouble-Blind MethodDrug ResistanceFatty Acids, Omega-3FemaleHeart RateHumansMajor Depressive DisorderMaleMiddle AgedPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesSertralineSleep Apnea, ObstructiveAntidepressive AgentsFatty Acids, Omega-3Sertraline

Identifiers

PMID21903027
PMCPMC3463370
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