The use of the Psychiatric Electroencephalography Evaluation Registry (PEER) to personalize pharmacotherapy

Dan V Iosifescu,1 Robert J Neborsky,2–4 Robert J Valuck5–7 1Adult Psychopharmacology Program, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; 2School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA; 3University of Califor...

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Main Authors: Iosifescu D, Neborsky R, Valuck R
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description Dan V Iosifescu,1 Robert J Neborsky,2–4 Robert J Valuck5–7 1Adult Psychopharmacology Program, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; 2School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA; 3University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; 4Medical Corps, US Navy, USA; 5Pharmacy, Epidemiology, and Family Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA; 6Center for Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA; 7Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention, Denver, CO, USA Purpose: This study aims to determine whether Psychiatric Electroencephalography Evaluation Registry (PEER) Interactive (an objective, adjunctive tool based on a comparison of a quantitative electroencephalogram to an existing registry of patient outcomes) is more effective than the current standard of care in treatment of subjects suffering from depression. Patients and methods: This is an interim report of an ongoing, 2-year prospective, randomized, double blind, controlled study to evaluate PEER Interactive in guiding medication selection in subjects with a primary diagnosis of depression vs standard treatment. Subjects in treatment at two military hospitals were blinded as to study group assignment and their self-report symptom ratings were also blinded. Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology, Self-Report (QIDS-SR16) depression scores were the primary efficacy endpoint. One hundred and fifty subjects received a quantitative electroencephalography exam and were randomized to either treatment as usual or PEER-informed pharmacotherapy. Subjects in the control group were treated according to Veterans Administration/Department of Defense Guidelines, the current standard of care. In the experimental group, the attending physician received a PEER report ranking the subject’s likely clinical response to on-label medications. Results: In this post hoc interim analysis subjects were separated into Report Followed and Report Not Followed groups – based on the concordance between their subsequent treatment and PEER medication guidance. We thus evaluated the predictive validity of PEER recommendations. We found significantly greater improvements in depression scores (QIDS-SR16 P<0.03), reduction in suicidal ideation (Concise Health Risk Tracking Scale-SR7 P<0.002), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) score improvement (PTSD Checklist Military/Civilian P<0.04) for subjects treated with PEER-recommended medications compared to those who did not follow PEER recommendations. Conclusion: This interim analysis suggests that an objective tool such as PEER Interactive can help improve medication selection. Consistent with results of earlier studies, it supports the hypothesis that PEER-guided treatment offers distinct advantages over the current standard of care. Keywords: EEG, depression, antidepressant, suicide, predictive analyticsA Letter to the Editor has been received and published for this article. 
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The use of the Psychiatric Electroencephalography Evaluation Registry (PEER) to personalize pharmacotherapy
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
EEG
Depression
Antidepressant
Suicide
Predictive Analytics
title The use of the Psychiatric Electroencephalography Evaluation Registry (PEER) to personalize pharmacotherapy
title_full The use of the Psychiatric Electroencephalography Evaluation Registry (PEER) to personalize pharmacotherapy
title_fullStr The use of the Psychiatric Electroencephalography Evaluation Registry (PEER) to personalize pharmacotherapy
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title_short The use of the Psychiatric Electroencephalography Evaluation Registry (PEER) to personalize pharmacotherapy
title_sort use of the psychiatric electroencephalography evaluation registry peer to personalize pharmacotherapy
topic EEG
Depression
Antidepressant
Suicide
Predictive Analytics
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