PMID- 31669925 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210125 LR - 20221207 IS - 1573-2517 (Electronic) IS - 0165-0327 (Linking) VI - 261 DP - 2020 Jan 15 TI - Do Asian and North American patients with bipolar disorder have similar efficacy, tolerability, and safety profile during clinical trials with atypical antipsychotics? PG - 259-270 LID - S0165-0327(19)32048-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jad.2019.10.012 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The approvals of psychotropics for bipolar disorder (BD) are mainly based on randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials (RCTs) from North America. It remains unknown whether approved psychotropics have similar efficacy, tolerability, and safety for Asians with BD. The aim of this systematic review was to compare those differences of psychotropics between Asians and North Americans with BD. METHODS: MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsycINFO were searched for RCTs studied in two regions. The effect size, remission/response rate, and risk for discontinuation due to adverse events (AEs), weight gain (WG), nervous systems and gastrointestinal AEs were assessed and compared between two regions with Cohen's d or number needed to treat/harm. RESULTS: Eleven studies of aripiprazole, olanzapine, risperidone, and quetiapine in BD were included. Similar efficacy and relatively benign tolerability of atypical antipsychotics (AAPs) between Asians and Americans with BD were observed in most studies. The risk for AAP-related WG was similar between two regions. Asians with mania or bipolar depression were more vulnerable to akathisia/tremor or constipation. Japanese and Chinese with bipolar depression were more sensitive to somnolence and dizziness, respectively. Americans were more likely to have dry mouth, nausea, and vomiting. LIMITATIONS: The number of included psychotropics and papers was small. CONCLUSIONS: Differences in AAP-related efficacy and tolerability were minimal between the two regions, but some AEs appeared to be different. Clinicians should pay attention to these differences to optimize treatment strategies in different races/ethnicities with BD. CI - Copyright (c) 2019. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Bai, Yuanhan AU - Bai Y AD - Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China; Mood and Anxiety Clinic in the Mood Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Electronic address: baiyuanhan@163.com. FAU - Chen, Guanjie AU - Chen G AD - Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. FAU - Yang, Haichen AU - Yang H AD - Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. FAU - Gao, Keming AU - Gao K AD - Mood and Anxiety Clinic in the Mood Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20191011 PL - Netherlands TA - J Affect Disord JT - Journal of affective disorders JID - 7906073 RN - 0 (Antipsychotic Agents) RN - 2S3PL1B6UJ (Quetiapine Fumarate) RN - 82VFR53I78 (Aripiprazole) RN - L6UH7ZF8HC (Risperidone) RN - N7U69T4SZR (Olanzapine) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Antipsychotic Agents/*therapeutic use MH - Aripiprazole/therapeutic use MH - Asian People MH - Bipolar Disorder/*drug therapy/*ethnology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - North America/ethnology MH - Olanzapine/therapeutic use MH - Quetiapine Fumarate/therapeutic use MH - Risperidone/therapeutic use MH - United States MH - Weight Gain OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bipolar disorder OT - Efficacy OT - Ethnicity OT - Race OT - Safety OT - Tolerability EDAT- 2019/11/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/26 06:00 CRDT- 2019/11/01 06:00 PHST- 2019/08/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/09/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/10/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/11/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/11/01 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0165-0327(19)32048-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jad.2019.10.012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Affect Disord. 2020 Jan 15;261:259-270. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.10.012. Epub 2019 Oct 11.