Efficacy of D-Cycloserine for Enhancing Response to Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Panic Disorder
Efficacy of D-Cycloserine for Enhancing Response to Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Panic Disorder
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DOI:
10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.07.036
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发表时间:
2010-02-15
影响因子:
10.6
通讯作者:
Pollack, Mark H.
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作者:
Otto, Michael W.;Tolin, David F.;Pollack, Mark H.
Background: Traditional combination strategies of cognitive-behavior therapy plus pharmacotherapy have met with disappointing results for anxiety disorders. Enhancement of cognitive-behavior therapy with d-cycloserine (DCS) pharmacotherapy represents a novel strategy for improving therapeutic learning from cognitive-behavior therapy that remains untested in panic disorder.Method: This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled augmentation trial examining the addition of isolated doses of 50 mg cl-cycloserine or pill placebo to brief exposure-based cognitive-behavior therapy. Randomized participants were 31 outpatients meeting DSM-IV criteria for panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, who were offered five sessions of manualized cognitive-behavior therapy emphasizing exposure to feared internal sensations (interoceptive exposure) but also including informational, cognitive, and situational exposure interventions. Doses of study drug were administered 1 hour before cognitive-behavior therapy sessions 3 to 5. The primary outcome measures were the Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS) and Clinicians' Global Impressions of Severity.Results: Results indicated large effect sizes for the additive benefit of cl-cycloserine augmentation of cognitive-behavior therapy for panic disorder. At posttreatment and 1 month follow-up, participants who received cl-cycloserine versus placebo had better outcomes on the PDSS and global severity of disorder and were significantly more likely to have achieved clinically significant change status (77% vs. 33%). There were no significant adverse effects associated with DCS administration.Conclusions: This pilot study extends support for the role of cl-cycloserine in enhancing therapeutic learning from exposure-based cognitive-behavior therapy and is the first to do so in a protocol emphasizing exposure to feared internal sensations of anxiety in panic disorder.