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Augmentation in profound, SRI-refractory OCD: Is aripiprazole superior to other to other dopamine blockers?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

H. Tyagi
Affiliation:
South West London and St Georges mental health NHS trust, national services for OCD and BDD, London, United Kingdom
L. Drummond
Affiliation:
South West London and St Georges mental health NHS trust, national services for OCD and BDD, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

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Introduction

OCD is a common disorder, affecting 1% of the population and usually responds to treatment with serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) or exposure and response prevention (ERP) and to augmentation with antipsychotics. However, some patients fail to respond. The national inpatient unit for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) (i) is the only 24-hour staffed inpatient facility for OCD in the UK and treats patients with profound, treatment-refractory OCD. There is evidence of efficacy of aripiprazole in augmenting SRI sin severe OCD (ii).

Objectives

To compare the efficacy of aripiprazole versus other antipsychotics as SRI augmentation.

Methods

One hundred and nine patients admitted to the unit between March 2006 and September 2011 and discharged on an antipsychotic and an SRI were included. The Yale-Brown obsessive compulsive scale (YBOCS) was administered at admission and at discharge. Data were analysed using SPSS version 23 using analysis of variance (ANOVA). Two groups were compared: those receiving SRI + aripiprazole versus those receiving SRI + another antipsychotic.

Results

sixty-two patients received SRI with aripiprazole and 47 SRIs with another antipsychotic. Overall, patients showed improvement, with an average YBOCS reduction of 11.7 (33% reduction). Patients taking aripiprazole improved by an average of 13 (36% reduction, P < 0.05).

Conclusions

Patients of the national unit with severe, treatment refractory OCD treated with aripiprazole augmentation showed a greater improvement than those on other antipsychotics. Further research into aripiprazole in OCD is warranted.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster Walk: Depression - part 3 and obsessive-compulsive disorder
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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