%0 Journal Article %T Safety and Tolerability of Edivoxetine for Long-Term Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder in Adult Patients %A Tina M. Oakes %A James M. Martinez %A Mary Anne Dellva %A Celine Goldberger %A Beth A. Pangallo %A Mark E. Bangs %A Jonna Ahl %A William B. White %J Open Journal of Psychiatry %P 131-140 %@ 2161-7333 %D 2014 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ojpsych.2014.42017 %X

This 12-month open-label, but dose-blinded extension phase, evaluated the safety and tolerability of flexibly-dosed edivoxetine (6, 9, 12 or 18 mg once daily) in patients (N = 397) with major depressive disorder, who completed the 10-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled acute phase of the study.All patients were treated with edivoxetine during the extension phase. The mean age of the patients was 45 years, and most were white females. Safety evaluations included assessment of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs), laboratory and vital sign measures, and suicidality. Within-group t-tests based on a 2-sided significance level of 0.05 and 95% confidence levels were used to assess whether changes from baseline were statistically significant from zero. The overall completion rate was 54%. Adverse event was the most common (14.4%) reason for discontinuation, which included blood pressure increased (1.3%), heart rate increased (1.3%), anxiety (1.0%), and tachycardia (1.0%). At least 1 TEAE was reported by 72.3% of patients, of which headache (10.8%) and hyperhidrosis (10.1%) were the most common; 2.8% of patients had Ён1 serious adverse events, and there were no completed suicides. No %K Edivoxetine %K Norepinephrine %K Major Depressive Disorder %K Safety %K Tolerability %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=45046