Document Type
Article
Journal Title
Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology
Publication Date
10-2009
Volume
19
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: In the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS), fluoxetine (FLX) and the combination of fluoxetine with cognitive-behavioral therapy (COMB) had superior improvement trajectories compared to pill placebo (PBO), whereas cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) was not significantly different from PBO. Because attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) frequently co-exist, we examined whether ADHD moderated these outcomes in TADS.
METHOD: A total of 439 adolescents with MDD, 12-17 years old, were randomized to FLX, CBT, COMB, or PBO. Random coefficients regression models examined depression improvement in 377 depressed youths without ADHD and 62 with ADHD, including 20 who were treated with a psychostimulant.
RESULTS: Within the ADHD group, the improvement trajectories of the three active treatments were similar, all with rates of improvement greater than PBO. For those without ADHD, only COMB had a rate of improvement that was superior to PBO.
CONCLUSIONS: Co-morbid ADHD moderated treatment of MDD. CBT alone or FLX alone may offer benefits similar to COMB in the treatment of MDD in youths with co-morbid MDD and ADHD, whereas monotherapy may not match the benefits of COMB for those without ADHD. The ADHD subgroup analysis presented in this paper is exploratory in nature because of the small number of youths with ADHD in the sample.
CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRY: www.clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00006286. The TADS protocol and all of the TADS manuals are available on the Internet at https://trialweb.dcri.duke.edu/tads/index.html .
MeSH Headings
Adolescent, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Cognitive Therapy, Combined Modality Therapy, Depressive Disorder, Major, Female, Fluoxetine, Humans, Male, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Regression Analysis, Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors, Treatment Outcome
DOI Link
ISSN
1557-8992
Recommended Citation
Kratochvil, Christopher J.; May, Diane E.; Silva, Susan G.; Madaan, Vishal; Puumala, Susan E.; Curry, John F.; Walkup, John; Kepley, Hayden; Vitiello, Benedetto; and March, John S., "Treatment response in depressed adolescents with and without co-morbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study." (2009). Journal Articles: Psychiatry. 4.
https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/com_psych_articles/4
Comments
This is a copy of an article published in the Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology © 2009 copyright Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology is available online at: http://online.liebertpub.com.