TABLE 2.
Most Common Depression Therapies Among the Matched TRD and Non-TRD Cohorts, Stratified by Line of Therapy
| TRD | Non-TRD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Line | Second Line | Third Line | First Line | Second Line | |
| Most common therapies, by drug class, n (%) | |||||
| SSRI | 656 (82.0) | 495 (61.9) | 449 (56.1) | 623 (77.9) | 526 (65.8) |
| SNRI | 41 (5.1) | 175 (21.9) | 251 (31.4) | 54 (6.8) | 155 (19.4) |
| Dopamine reuptake blocker | 88 (11.0) | 231 (28.9) | 289 (36.1) | 101 (12.6) | 265 (33.1) |
| Tetracyclic | 10 (1.2) | 21 (2.6) | 42 (5.3) | 16 (2.0) | 19 (2.4) |
| Antipsychotic | 0 (0.0) | 55 (6.9) | 112 (14.0) | 0 (0.0) | 27 (3.4) |
| Other | 6 (0.7) | 35 (4.4) | 57 (7.1) | 6 (0.8) | 27 (3.4) |
| Top 10 most common therapies, by drug, n (%) | |||||
| Citalopram (SSRI) | 187 (23.4) | 65 (8.1) | 35 (4.4) | 196 (24.5) | 67 (8.4) |
| Sertraline (SSRI) | 169 (21.1) | 78 (9.8) | 38 (4.8) | 162 (20.3) | 95 (11.9) |
| Escitalopram (SSRI) | 148 (18.5) | 75 (9.4) | 54 (6.8) | 144 (18.0) | 68 (8.5) |
| Fluoxetine (SSRI) | 119 (14.9) | 56 (7.0) | 45 (5.6) | 90 (11.3) | 67 (8.4) |
| Bupropion (dopamine reuptake blocker) | 88 (11.0) | 98 (12.3) | 67 (8.4) | 101 (12.6) | 102 (12.8) |
| Paroxetine (SSRI) | 30 (3.8) | 31 (3.9) | |||
| Venlafaxine (SNRI) | 21 (2.6) | 76 (9.5) | 55 (6.9) | 26 (3.3) | 62 (7.8) |
| Duloxetine (SNRI) | 13 (1.6) | 49 (6.1) | 41 (5.1) | 18 (2.3) | 43 (5.4) |
| Mirtazapine (tetracyclic) | 10 (1.3) | 16 (2.0) | |||
| Desvenlafaxine (SNRI) | 7 (0.9) | 10 (1.3) | |||
| Bupropion + sertraline (dopamine reuptake blocker + SSRI) | 36 (4.5) | 27 (3.4) | 36 (4.5) | ||
| Bupropion + citalopram (dopamine reuptake blocker + SSRI) | 27 (3.4) | 35 (4.4) | |||
| Bupropion + escitalopram (dopamine reuptake blocker + SSRI) | 26 (3.3) | 28 (3.5) | 38 (4.8) | ||
| Bupropion + fluoxetine (dopamine reuptake blocker + SSRI) | 29 (3.6) | ||||
Note: Percentages do not sum to 100%.
SNRI = serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor; SSRI = selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; TRD = treatment-resistant depression.