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Neuropsychiatry
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Cognitive outcome after ventral capsule/ventral striatum stimulation for treatment-resistant major depression
  1. Cynthia S Kubu1,
  2. Tim Brelje2,
  3. Meryl A Butters3,
  4. Thilo Deckersbach4,
  5. Paul Malloy5,
  6. Paul Moberg6,
  7. Alexander I Tröster7,
  8. Eric Williamson2,
  9. Gordon H Baltuch8,
  10. Mahendra T Bhati6,
  11. Linda L Carpenter5,
  12. Darin D Dougherty4,
  13. Robert H Howland3,
  14. Ali R Rezai9,
  15. Donald A Malone Jr10
  1. 1Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, P57, Center for Neurological Restoration, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  2. 2Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
  3. 3Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  4. 4Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  5. 5Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Butler Hospital, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
  6. 6Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  7. 7Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, Center for Neuromodulation, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  8. 8Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  9. 9Department of Neurological Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
  10. 10Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Cynthia S Kubu, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, P57, Center for Neurological Restoration, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; kubuc{at}ccf.org

Abstract

Background We report the neuropsychological outcome of 25 patients with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder (TRD) who participated in an Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved randomised double-blind trial comparing active to sham deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the anterior limb of the ventral capsule/ventral striatum (VC/VS).

Methods Participants were randomised to active (n=12) versus sham (n=13) DBS for 16 weeks. Data were analysed at the individual and group levels. Group differences were analysed using repeated measures ANOVAs. Relationships between depression severity and cognition were examined using partial correlations. The false discovery rate method controlled for multiple analyses.

Results No significant interactions comparing active versus sham stimulation over time were evident. Change in depression was unrelated to change in neuropsychological measures. Twenty patients declined by ≥1 SD on at least one measure (41.3% of declines occurred in active group participants; 63.0% in older participants regardless of stimulation status). Twenty-two patients exhibited improvements >1 SD on neuropsychological measures (47.7% in the active group; 63.1% in younger participants).

Conclusions These data suggest that VC/VS DBS in patients with TRD does not significantly affect neuropsychological function. Age at surgery, regardless of stimulation status, may be related to cognitive outcome at the individual patient level.

Trial registration number NCT00837486; Results.

  • NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
  • DEPRESSION
  • NEUROSURGERY

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2016-313803

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