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Biomarkers predicting treatment outcome in depression: what is clinically significant?
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Jan 2012
Uher Rudolf, Tansey Katherine E, Malki Karim, Perlis Roy H
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AIM: To extend to biomarker studies the consensus clinical significance criterion of a three-point difference in Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. MATERIALS & METHODS: We simulated datasets modeled on large clinical trials. RESULTS: In a typical clinical trial comparing active treatment and placebo, a difference of three Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD) points at the end of treatment corresponds to...
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