Lamotrigine versus lithium as maintenance treatment in bipolar I disorder: an open, randomized effectiveness study mimicking clinical practice. The 6th trial of the Danish University Antidepressant Group (DUAG-6)
- Authors:
- DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2010.00836.x
- Abstract:
- In industry-generated pivotal studies, lamotrigine has been found to be superior to placebo and comparable to lithium in the maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder. Here, we directly compared lamotrigine to lithium under conditions similar to clinical routine conditions.
- Type:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English
- Published in:
- Bipolar Disorders, 2010, Vol 12, Issue 5, p. 483-93
- Keywords:
- Adult; Antimanic Agents; Bipolar Disorder; Confidence Intervals; Female; Humans; Lithium Compounds; Male; Proportional Hazards Models; Treatment Outcome; Triazines
- Main Research Area:
- Medical science
- Publication Status:
- Published
- Review type:
- Peer Review
- Submission year:
- 2010
- Scientific Level:
- Scientific
- ID:
- 112138821