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Article: Study findings from University of Cape Town broaden understanding of post traumatic stress disorder therapy.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- March 4, 2009
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New investigation results, 'Onset of activity and time to response on individual CAPS-SX17 items in patients treated for post-traumatic stress disorder with venlafaxine ER: a pooled analysis,' are detailed in a study published in The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. "This pooled analysis of data from two randomized, placebo-controlled trials of venlafaxine extended release (ER) assessed onset of activity and time to response on the 17 symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) listed in DSM-IV and measured by the 17-item Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-SX17). The intent-to-treat (ITT) population comprised 687 patients (placebo, n=347; ...