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ArticleClinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology2018

Different Endocrine Effects of an Evening Dose of Amitriptyline, Escitalopram, and Placebo in Healthy Participants.

Lukas Frase, John Peter Doerr, Bernd Feige, Maria Rechenbach, Bernd L Fiebich, Dieter Riemann, Christoph Nissen, Ulrich Voderholzer

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Article in Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 58% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lukas FraseDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
John Peter DoerrDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Bernd FeigeDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Maria RechenbachDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Bernd L FiebichDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Dieter RiemannDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Christoph NissenDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Ulrich VoderholzerDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine - University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
University of Freiburg · DEUniversity of Bern · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe primary aim of this study was to further characterize the acute effects of amitriptyline (AMI) and escitalopram (ESC) on serum levels of ghrelin, leptin, cortisol and prolactin in healthy humans.

methodsEleven healthy male participants received a single dose of AMI 75 mg, ESC 10 mg, or placebo (PLA) at 9:00 PM in a double blind, randomized, controlled, repeated measures study separated by one week. Fasting morning serum levels (7:00 AM) of ghrelin, leptin, cortisol and prolactin were assessed.

resultsA repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance revealed a significant main effect for the factor condition (AMI, ESC, PLA). Subsequent univariate analyses demonstrated significant condition effects for ghrelin and cortisol. Post-hoc analyses demonstrated a significant reduction of ghrelin levels after AMI in comparison to PLA, and a significant reduction of cortisol levels after AMI in comparison to both ESC and PLA. Other contrasts did not reach statistical significance.

conclusionAdministration of a single dose of AMI, but not of ESC, leads to a significant reduction in morning serum ghrelin and cortisol levels. No effects on leptin and prolactin levels were observed. The differential impact of AMI and ESC on hormones might contribute to different adverse effect profiles of both substances.

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Adverse effects.CortisolGhrelinLeptinProlactinWeight gain

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PMCPMC6124878
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