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Agomelatine in the treatment of fibromyalgia: a 12-week, open-label, uncontrolled preliminary study.

Journal of clinical psychopharmacology
August 1, 2013
Antonio Bruno et al. (8 authors)
Clinical TrialJournal ArticleHuman StudyClinical
Study Details

Study Goal

The researchers aimed to evaluate the efficacy of agomelatine (a melatonin receptor agonist) on depression, anxiety, cognition, and pain in drug-free fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients.

Results Summary

Agomelatine significantly improved depression, anxiety, and pain in FMS patients but had no significant impact on cognitive symptoms, though there was a trend toward improved performance. The treatment was well tolerated.

Population

15 drug-free female subjects with fibromyalgia syndrome.

Effective Dosage

25 mg/d (single daily dose).

Duration

12 weeks.

Interactions

None mentioned.

Extracted Claims (8)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
analgetic and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
no change
fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)
patients with FMS
not very effective
are not very effective
#1
antidepressant drugs
decrease
pain
patients with FMS
positive response
produce positive response
#2
melatonin (3-6 mg/d)
decrease
pain, sleep, daytime fatigue, and depression
subjects affected from FMS
significantly effective
had significantly been effective
#3
agomelatine (25 mg/d)
decrease
depression
drug-free FMS patients
significantly improved
significantly improved
#4
agomelatine (25 mg/d)
decrease
anxiety
drug-free FMS patients
significantly improved
significantly improved
#5
agomelatine (25 mg/d)
decrease
pain
drug-free FMS patients
significantly improved
significantly improved
#6
agomelatine (25 mg/d)
no change
executive/cognitive symptoms
drug-free FMS patients
no significant impact
did not have a significant impact
#7
agomelatine (25 mg/d)
decrease
fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)
patients with FMS
effective and well tolerated
was effective and well tolerated
#8
Abstract

Pharmacological therapy for fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is actually unsatisfactory; analgetic and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are not very effective. On the other hand, it is opportune to underline that antidepressant drugs produce positive response on pain in patients with FMS. Furthermore, many studies showed that using variable doses of melatonin (3-6 mg/d) in subjects affected from FMS had significantly been effective on pain, sleep, daytime fatigue, and depression. This study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of agomelatine on depression, anxiety, cognition, and pain in a sample of drug-free FMS patients. Agomelatine was administered at the single daily dose of 25 mg/d to 15 fibromyalgia "drug-free" female subjects during 12 weeks. Outcome measures included the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, the Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety, the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale, the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, the Visual Analog Scale of Pain, the Quality of Life Index, the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, the Verbal Fluency Task-Controlled Oral Word Association Test, and the Stroop Color-Word Test. Treatment with agomelatine significantly improved depression, anxiety, and pain in patients with FMS. Regarding executive/cognitive symptoms, treatment with agomelatine did not have a significant impact on the explored neuropsychological domains, although there was a trend toward the improvement of performances. The findings showed that agomelatine was effective and well tolerated in patients with FMS. Further research is needed to fully evaluate the role of agomelatine as a potential pharmacological strategy for the treatment of FMS.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
AcetamidesAffectAnalgesicsAntidepressive AgentsAnxietyChronic PainCognitionDepressionExecutive FunctionFemaleFibromyalgiaHumansMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsPain MeasurementPilot ProjectsPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesTime FactorsTreatment Outcome
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Quality Scores
SafetyNot Assessed
Efficacy85/10
Quality75/10
Citation Metrics
Total Citations17
Citations/Year1.4
Relative Citation Ratio0.72
NIH Percentile38.4%
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.75
Weight Score1.45
Normalized Score0.69
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