Brexpiprazole : a new dopamine D₂receptor partial agonist for the treatment of schizophrenia and major depressive disorder

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Brexpiprazole is a dopamine D₂receptor partial agonist. Compared with aripiprazole, it is more potent at 5-HT1A receptors and displays less intrinsic activity at D₂receptors. Brexpiprazole also has potent antagonistic activity at 5-HT2A as well as alpha-adrenergic receptors. In addition to results from phase II trials, data are available from two pivotal phase III, randomized, placebo-controlled trials of brexpiprazole for the acute treatment of schizophrenia and two pivotal phase III, randomized, placebo-controlled trials of adjunctive brexpiprazole for the acute treatment of major depressive disorder in patients with inadequate response to antidepressant medication treatment. Overall tolerability is promising, with rates of discontinuation due to adverse events lower or slightly higher than that observed for placebo. Although overall akathisia was more commonly observed with brexpiprazole than with placebo, the absolute risk increase attributable to brexpiprazole appears small. Short-term weight gain appears modest; however, outliers with an increase of ≥ 7% of body weight were evident in open-label long-term safety studies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

Enthalten in:

Drugs of today (Barcelona, Spain : 1998) - 51(2015), 7 vom: 04. Juli, Seite 397-414

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Citrome, L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2J3YBM1K8C
Brexpiprazole
Dopamine Agonists
Dopamine D2 receptor partial agonist
Journal Article
Major depressive disorder
OPC-34712
Quinolones
Receptors, Dopamine D2
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Schizophrenia
Thiophenes

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Date Completed 04.01.2016

Date Revised 27.04.2017

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1358/dot.2015.51.7.2358605

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM251722546