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ArticleTherapeutic advances in psychopharmacology2015

Quetiapine versus aripiprazole in the management of schizophrenia.

Saeed Shoja Shafti, Hamid Kaviani

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Article in Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Saeed Shoja ShaftiAssociate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences (USWR), Razi Psychiatric Hospital, PO Box 18735-569, Tehran, Iran.
Hamid KavianiUniversity of Azad, Tehran, Iran.
Islamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran · IRUniversity of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesCurrent evidence supports the use of various second-generation antipsychotics for pharmacotherapy of schizophrenia. While in a systematic review, generally no difference in efficacy was found between atypical antipsychotics, other studies have found quetiapine less effective than aripiprazole. This article reviews the efficacy and tolerability of aripiprazole versus quetiapine in the context of recommended management strategies for schizophrenia.

methodFifty female inpatients, meeting the diagnosis of schizophrenia, were randomly entered into two groups (n = 25 in each group) to participate in a 12-week, double-blind study for random assignment to quetiapine or aripiprazole. The primary outcome measures were Scale for Assessment of Positive Symptoms and Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms. The schedule for Assessment of Insight (SAI), Clinical Global Impressions Severity Scale (CGI-S) and the Simpson Angus Scale (SAS) were also used as secondary measures.

resultsBoth quetiapine and aripiprazole showed significant effectiveness in the improvement of positive symptoms. The effectiveness for negative symptoms was also noteworthy with both drugs, although not to a significant level during this study. In addition, significant improvement was found on assessment with CGI-S and SAI for quetiapine and aripiprazole. SAS did not show any important increment in extrapyramidal side effects at the end of the examination.

conclusionAccording to the findings, quetiapine and aripiprazole had similar effectiveness and tolerability with respect to management of schizophrenia.

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aripiprazolequetiapineschizophrenia

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PMID26199719
PMCPMC4502587
OpenAlexW2147487953

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