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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Allan Young, Dr Karine Macritchie, Dr Stuart Watson, Dr Akshya Vasudev
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Background Bipolar disorder is a common recurrent illness with high levels of chronicity. Treatment resistance persists despite the use of established medications, such as lithium and valproate. New medications are required for the treatment of refractory cases. Some open-label reports have suggested that the anticonvulsant tiagabine may be efficacious in bipolar disorder. There is a need to clarify the evidence available, in the form of randomised controlled trials, for its use in the treatment of acute affective episodes in bipolar disorder. Objectives To review the evidence for the efficacy and acceptability of tiagabine in the treatment of acute mood episodes in bipolar disorder. Search strategy The following databases were searched on 13-10-2005. The Cochrane Collaboration Depression, Anxiety and Neurosis Controlled Trials Registers (CCDANCTR-Studies and CCDANCTR-References), The Cochrane Controlled Clinical Trials Register (CCCTR), EMBASE, MEDLINE, LILACS, PsycLIT and Psyndex. Reference lists of relevant papers and major textbooks of mood disorder were searched. Handsearches were done ( specialist journals and conference proceedings). Authors, other experts in the field and pharmaceutical companies were contacted for knowledge of suitable published or unpublished trials. Selection criteria Randomised controlled trials, which compared tiagabine with placebo or with active agents in the treatment of any acute mood episodes in bipolar disorder, were selected. Studies of participants with bipolar disorder were to be included. Subjects could be of either sex and of all ages. Data collection and analysis Data extraction and methodological quality assessment were performed independently by two reviewers. For analysis, relative risk was used for binary efficacy outcomes and the weighted mean difference or standardised mean differerence was used for continuously distributed outcomes.
Author(s): Young AH, Geddes JR, MacRitchie K, Rao SNK, Watson S, Vasudev A
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Year: 2006
Issue: 3
Pages: CD004694
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ISSN (electronic): 1469-493X
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD004694.pub2
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004694.pub2
