Vagus nerve stimulation for depression: efficacy and safety in a European study
Schlaepfer TE, Frick C, Zobel A, Maier W, Heuser I, Bajbouj M, O'Keane V, Corcoran C, Adolfsson R, Trimble M, et al.
Psychological Medicine · 2008
Key finding
In an open European multicentre study (D03), response rose to 53% and remission to 33% after 1 year of VNS added to stable pharmacotherapy.
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- Condition
- Depression
- Stimulation
- iVNS
- Evidence tier
- Observational / Cohort
- Participants
- 74
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Schlaepfer, T. E., Frick, C., Zobel, A., Maier, W., Heuser, I., Bajbouj, M., O'Keane, V., Corcoran, C., Adolfsson, R., Trimble, M., Rau, H., Hoff, H. J., Padberg, F., Müller-Siecheneder, F., Audenaert, K., Van den Abbeele, D., Matthews, K., Christmas, D., Stanga, Z., & Hasdemir, M. (2008). Vagus nerve stimulation for depression: efficacy and safety in a European study. Psychological Medicine, 38(5), 651-661. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291707001924
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