Evelyn Attia1, Joanna E Steinglass1, B Timothy Walsh1, Yuanjia Wang1, Peng Wu1, Colleen Schreyer1, Jennifer Wildes1, Zeynep Yilmaz1, Angela S Guarda1, Allan S Kaplan1, Marsha D Marcus1. 1. From the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York (Attia, Steinglass, Walsh, Wang); the Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York (Wang, Wu); the Eating Disorders Research Program, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Attia, Steinglass, Walsh); the Center for Eating Disorders, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York (Attia); the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medicine (Schreyer, Guarda); the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh (Wildes, Marcus); the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago (Wildes); the Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders, University of North Carolina (Yilmaz); and the Department of Psychiatry and the Toronto Center for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto (Kaplan).
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the benefits of olanzapine compared with placebo for adult outpatients with anorexia nervosa. METHODS: This randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of adult outpatients with anorexia nervosa (N=152, 96% of whom were women; the sample's mean body mass index [BMI] was 16.7) was conducted at five sites in North America. Participants were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive olanzapine or placebo and were seen weekly for 16 weeks. The primary outcome measures were rate of change in body weight and rate of change in obsessionality, assessed with the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (YBOCS). RESULTS:Seventy-five participants were assigned to receive olanzapine and 77 to receive placebo. A statistically significant treatment-by-time interaction was observed, indicating that the increase in BMI over time was greater in the olanzapine group (0.259 [SD=0.051] compared with 0.095 [SD=0.053] per month). There was no significant difference between treatment groups in change in the YBOCS obsessions subscale score over time (-0.325 compared with -0.017 points per month) and there were no significant differences between groups in the frequency of abnormalities on blood tests assessing potential metabolic disturbances. CONCLUSIONS: This study documented a modest therapeutic effect of olanzapine compared with placebo on weight in adult outpatients with anorexia nervosa, but no significant benefit for psychological symptoms. Nevertheless, the finding on weight is notable, as achieving change in weight is notoriously challenging in this disorder.
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OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the benefits of olanzapine compared with placebo for adult outpatients with anorexia nervosa. METHODS: This randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of adult outpatients with anorexia nervosa (N=152, 96% of whom were women; the sample's mean body mass index [BMI] was 16.7) was conducted at five sites in North America. Participants were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive olanzapine or placebo and were seen weekly for 16 weeks. The primary outcome measures were rate of change in body weight and rate of change in obsessionality, assessed with the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (YBOCS). RESULTS: Seventy-five participants were assigned to receive olanzapine and 77 to receive placebo. A statistically significant treatment-by-time interaction was observed, indicating that the increase in BMI over time was greater in the olanzapine group (0.259 [SD=0.051] compared with 0.095 [SD=0.053] per month). There was no significant difference between treatment groups in change in the YBOCS obsessions subscale score over time (-0.325 compared with -0.017 points per month) and there were no significant differences between groups in the frequency of abnormalities on blood tests assessing potential metabolic disturbances. CONCLUSIONS: This study documented a modest therapeutic effect of olanzapine compared with placebo on weight in adult outpatients with anorexia nervosa, but no significant benefit for psychological symptoms. Nevertheless, the finding on weight is notable, as achieving change in weight is notoriously challenging in this disorder.
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Antipsychotics; Clinical Drug Studies; Eating Disorders
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