TABLE 2.
Summary of published meta-analyses on NMDAR-targeted drugs.
| Year | Drugs | Negative symptoms | Cognitive dysfunction |
| 2010 | glycine, D-serine, DCS, sarcosine | SMD = 0.38, 95% CI = 0.19 to 0.56, p < 0.0001 | SMD = 0.28, 95%CI = 0.10 to 0.47, p = 0.002 |
| 2011 | glycine, D-serine, DCS, sarcosine, NAC, | SMD = -0.27, 95% CI = -0.49 to -0.05, p = 0.01 | |
| 2013 | DCS, D-serine | SMD = 0.62, 95% CI = 0.34 to 0.90, p < 0.0001 | SMD = 0.06, 95%CI = -0.22 to 0.35, p = 0.661 |
| 2015 | D-serine, DCS, benzoate, NAC | SMD = 0.08, 95%CI = -0.06 to 0.23, p = 0.57 | |
| 2019 | D-serine, DCS, benzoate and NAC | SMD = 0.068, 95%CI = -0.056 to 0.193, p = 0.283 |