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. 2016 Jul 7;8:28. doi: 10.1186/s13195-016-0197-7

Retraction Note: Efficacy and safety of atypical antipsychotic drug treatment for dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lin Tan 1, Lan Tan 1,2,3,, Hui-Fu Wang 3, Jun Wang 2, Chen-Chen Tan 2, Meng-Shan Tan 1, Xiang-Fei Meng 2, Chong Wang 2, Jin-Tai Yu 1,2,3,
PMCID: PMC4936204  PMID: 27386850

Retraction note

This article has been retracted by the authors after discovering an error in the data. The two CATIE-AD articles included in the systematic review [1, 2] should not have been treated as separate trials as this led to data from some trial participants being included twice in the meta-analysis. As a result, large sections of the article are inaccurate. To avoid confusion this article has been retracted and the authors have been given the opportunity to resubmit their corrected data.

[1] Schneider LS, Tariot PN, Dagerman KS, Davis SM, Hsiao JK, Ismail MS, et al. Effectiveness of atypical antipsychotic drugs in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:1525-38.

[2] Sultzer DL, Davis SM, Tariot PN, Dagerman KS, Lebowitz BD, Lyketsos CG, et al. Clinical symptom responses to atypical antipsychotic medications in Alzheimer’s disease: phase 1 outcomes from the CATIE-AD effectiveness trial. Am J Psychiatry. 2008;165:844-54.

Footnotes

The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/s13195-015-0102-9.

Contributor Information

Lan Tan, Email: dr.tanlan@163.com.

Jin-Tai Yu, Email: yu-jintai@163.com.

References

  • 1.Schneider LS, Tariot PN, Dagerman KS, Davis SM, Hsiao JK, Ismail MS, et al. Effectiveness of atypical antipsychotic drugs in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:1525–38. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa061240. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 2.Sultzer DL, Davis SM, Tariot PN, Dagerman KS, Lebowitz BD, Lyketsos CG, et al. Clinical symptom responses to atypical antipsychotic medications in Alzheimer’s disease: phase 1 outcomes from the CATIE-AD effectiveness trial. Am J Psychiatry. 2008;165:844–54. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07111779. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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