Early prediction of clinical response in first episode schizophrenia (FES) patients receiving olanzapine.

Conclusions: Our study suggests that patients with early response at week 4 are likely to achieve positive response after 8 weeks. This may help in appropriate clinical decision making for early non-responders.Key PointsThe early response can forecast the outcome at the endpoint for the treatment of FESA reduction of baseline PANSS score by 30% or more after four weeks are likely to have remission after week 8 with olanzapine therapy. PMID: 32338556 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract Source Type: research