A randomized controlled trial of sertraline combining with quetiapine in treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To investigate the efficacy and safety of sertraline combining with quetiapine in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) .Methods: A total of 86 patients who met the criteria for OCD in International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) were randomly assigned to two groups. One group was treated with sertraline combining with quetiapine and die other with sertraline only for 8 weeks. The efficacy was measured wim the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) and the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) . The side effects were assessed with the Treatment Emergent Symptoms Scale (TESS) . Results: One patient in sertraline group fell off and was out of statistical analysis. At endpoint the significant improvement rate in the combining group was higher than that in the sertraline group (72.1% vs. 47.6% , P = 0.021) . In combining group, the YBOCS score [(25.00 ± 5.19) vs. (11.74 ± 4.50), P < 0.01] and HAMD score [(14.47 ± 4.05) vs. (6. 86 ±2.61), P < 0.001] were decreased after treatment In sertraline group, the YBOCS score [(24.55 ± 3.60) vs. (14.38±4.18), P<0.001] and HAMA score [(14.79 ± 3.77) vs. (8.29 ±3.04), P <0.001] were also decreased after treatment There were significant differences between the two groups (Ps < 0.05) . There were no significant differences between the two groups in the TESS score at the end of 2, 4, 6 and 8 weeks (Ps > 0.05) . The incidence of drowsiness and tachy-heart rate in the combining group was high than that in the control group (37.2% vs. 4.8% , P <0.001; 27.9% vs. 4. 8% , P=0.004) . But most patients with these two kinds of side effects were disappeared in 2 weeks. There were no significant differences between the two groups in other side effects such as nausea, anxiety, headache, and constipation (Ps > 0.05) .Conclusion: The addition of quetiap-ine to sertraline therapy has been found to be effective and well-tolerated approach in patients with OCD.