TY - JOUR
T1 - A Randomized Controlled Trial of Sertraline for the Treatment of Depression in Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury
AU - Ashman, Teresa A.
AU - Cantor, Joshua B.
AU - Gordon, Wayne A.
AU - Spielman, Lisa
AU - Flanagan, Steve
AU - Ginsberg, Annika
AU - Engmann, Clara
AU - Egan, Matthew
AU - Ambrose, Felicia
AU - Greenwald, Brian
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research, United States Department of Education (grant no. H133A020501), and Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company ( ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00233103 ).
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Ashman TA, Cantor JB, Gordon WA, Spielman L, Flanagan S, Ginsberg A, Engmann C, Egan M, Ambrose F, Greenwald B. A randomized controlled trial of sertraline for the treatment of depression in persons with traumatic brain injury. Objective: To examine the efficacy of sertraline in the treatment of depression after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design: Double-blind, randomized controlled trial. Setting: Research center at a major urban medical center. Participants: Subjects were a referred and volunteer sample of 52 participants with TBI, a diagnosis of major depression disorder (MDD), and a score on the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D) of 18 or greater. The majority of the sample was male (58%), had less than 14 years of education (73%), had incomes below $20,000 (82%), and were from minority backgrounds (75%). Approximately one third of the sample had mild brain injuries, and two thirds had moderate to severe brain injuries. The mean age was 47±11, and the mean time since injury was 17±14 years. One participant withdrew from the study because of side effects. Intervention: Daily oral sertraline in doses starting at 25mg and increasing to therapeutic levels (up to 200mg) or placebo for 10 weeks. Main Outcome Measures: The HAM-D, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, and the Life-3 quality of life (QOL). Results: No statistically significant differences were found at baseline between drug and placebo groups on baseline measures of depression (24.8±7.3 vs 27.7±7.0), anxiety (16.4±12.3 vs 24.0±14.9), or QOL (2.96±1.0 vs 2.9±0.9). The income level of those receiving placebo was significantly lower than those participants receiving medication. Analyses of covariance revealed significant changes from preintervention to posttreatment for all 3 outcome measures (P<.001) but no group effects. Random-effects modeling did not find any significant difference in patterns of scores of the outcome measures between the placebo and medication groups. Conclusions: Both groups showed improvements in mood, anxiety, and QOL, with 59% of the experimental group and 32% of the placebo group responding to the treatment, defined as a reduction of a person's HAM-D score by 50%.
AB - Ashman TA, Cantor JB, Gordon WA, Spielman L, Flanagan S, Ginsberg A, Engmann C, Egan M, Ambrose F, Greenwald B. A randomized controlled trial of sertraline for the treatment of depression in persons with traumatic brain injury. Objective: To examine the efficacy of sertraline in the treatment of depression after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design: Double-blind, randomized controlled trial. Setting: Research center at a major urban medical center. Participants: Subjects were a referred and volunteer sample of 52 participants with TBI, a diagnosis of major depression disorder (MDD), and a score on the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D) of 18 or greater. The majority of the sample was male (58%), had less than 14 years of education (73%), had incomes below $20,000 (82%), and were from minority backgrounds (75%). Approximately one third of the sample had mild brain injuries, and two thirds had moderate to severe brain injuries. The mean age was 47±11, and the mean time since injury was 17±14 years. One participant withdrew from the study because of side effects. Intervention: Daily oral sertraline in doses starting at 25mg and increasing to therapeutic levels (up to 200mg) or placebo for 10 weeks. Main Outcome Measures: The HAM-D, the Beck Anxiety Inventory, and the Life-3 quality of life (QOL). Results: No statistically significant differences were found at baseline between drug and placebo groups on baseline measures of depression (24.8±7.3 vs 27.7±7.0), anxiety (16.4±12.3 vs 24.0±14.9), or QOL (2.96±1.0 vs 2.9±0.9). The income level of those receiving placebo was significantly lower than those participants receiving medication. Analyses of covariance revealed significant changes from preintervention to posttreatment for all 3 outcome measures (P<.001) but no group effects. Random-effects modeling did not find any significant difference in patterns of scores of the outcome measures between the placebo and medication groups. Conclusions: Both groups showed improvements in mood, anxiety, and QOL, with 59% of the experimental group and 32% of the placebo group responding to the treatment, defined as a reduction of a person's HAM-D score by 50%.
KW - Anxiety
KW - Brain injuries
KW - Depression
KW - Minority groups
KW - Randomized controlled trials [publication type]
KW - Rehabilitation
KW - Sertraline
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.11.005
DO - 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.11.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 19406291
AN - SCOPUS:65249147167
SN - 0003-9993
VL - 90
SP - 733
EP - 740
JO - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
IS - 5
ER -