Lifestyle intervention and metformin for treatment of antipsychotic-induced weight gain: a randomized controlled trial. Export

@article{citeulike:2573428, abstract = {CONTEXT: Weight gain, a common adverse effect of antipsychotic medications, is associated with medical comorbidities in psychiatric patients. OBJECTIVE: To test the efficacy of lifestyle intervention and metformin alone and in combination for antipsychotic-induced weight gain and abnormalities in insulin sensitivity. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: A randomized controlled trial (October 2004-December 2006) involving 128 adult patients with schizophrenia in the Mental Health Institute of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China. Participants who gained more than 10\% of their predrug weight were assigned to 1 of 4 treatment groups. INTERVENTIONS: Patients continued their antipsychotic medication and were randomly assigned to 12 weeks of placebo, 750 mg/d of metformin alone, 750 mg/d of metformin and lifestyle intervention, or lifestyle intervention only. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Body mass index, waist circumference, insulin levels, and insulin resistance index. RESULTS: All 128 first-episode schizophrenia patients maintained relatively stable psychiatric improvement. The lifestyle-plus-metformin group had mean decreases in body mass index (BMI) of 1.8 (95\% confidence interval [CI], 1.3-2.3), insulin resistance index of 3.6 (95\% CI, 2.7-4.5), and waist circumference of 2.0 cm (95\% CI, 1.5-2.4 cm). The metformin-alone group had mean decreases in BMI of 1.2 (95\% CI, 0.9-1.5), insulin resistance index of 3.5 (95\% CI, 2.7-4.4), and waist circumference of 1.3 cm (95\% CI, 1.1-1.5 cm). The lifestyle-plus-placebo group had mean decreases in BMI of 0.5 (95\% CI, 0.3-0.8) and insulin resistance index of 1.0 (95\% CI, 0.5-1.5). However, the placebo group had mean increases in BMI of 1.2 (95\% CI, 0.9-1.5), insulin resistance index of 0.4 (95\% CI, 0.1-0.7), and waist circumference of 2.2 cm (95\% CI, 1.7-2.8 cm). The lifestyle-plus-metformin treatment was significantly superior to metformin alone and to lifestyle plus placebo for weight, BMI, and waist circumference reduction. CONCLUSIONS: Lifestyle intervention and metformin alone and in combination demonstrated efficacy for antipsychotic-induced weight gain. Lifestyle intervention plus metformin showed the best effect on weight loss. Metformin alone was more effective in weight loss and improving insulin sensitivity than lifestyle intervention alone. Trial Registration clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00451399.}, address = {Mental Health Institute of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China. wurenrong2005@yahoo.com.cn}, author = {Wu, R. R. and Zhao, J. P. and Jin, H. and Shao, P. and Fang, M. S. and Guo, X. F. and He, Y. Q. and Liu, Y. J. and Chen, J. D. and Li, L. H.}, citeulike-article-id = {2573428}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2007.56-b}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18182600}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18182600}, day = {9}, doi = {10.1001/jama.2007.56-b}, issn = {1538-3598}, journal = {JAMA}, keywords = {clinical\_trial, endocrine, neuroleptic, side\_effect}, month = {January}, number = {2}, pages = {185--193}, posted-at = {2008-03-23 02:00:12}, priority = {0}, title = {Lifestyle intervention and metformin for treatment of antipsychotic-induced weight gain: a randomized controlled trial.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2007.56-b}, volume = {299}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2573428 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2573428 N2 - CONTEXT: Weight gain, a common adverse effect of antipsychotic medications, is associated with medical comorbidities in psychiatric patients. OBJECTIVE: To test the efficacy of lifestyle intervention and metformin alone and in combination for antipsychotic-induced weight gain and abnormalities in insulin sensitivity. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: A randomized controlled trial (October 2004-December 2006) involving 128 adult patients with schizophrenia in the Mental Health Institute of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China. Participants who gained more than 10% of their predrug weight were assigned to 1 of 4 treatment groups. INTERVENTIONS: Patients continued their antipsychotic medication and were randomly assigned to 12 weeks of placebo, 750 mg/d of metformin alone, 750 mg/d of metformin and lifestyle intervention, or lifestyle intervention only. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Body mass index, waist circumference, insulin levels, and insulin resistance index. RESULTS: All 128 first-episode schizophrenia patients maintained relatively stable psychiatric improvement. The lifestyle-plus-metformin group had mean decreases in body mass index (BMI) of 1.8 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.3-2.3), insulin resistance index of 3.6 (95% CI, 2.7-4.5), and waist circumference of 2.0 cm (95% CI, 1.5-2.4 cm). The metformin-alone group had mean decreases in BMI of 1.2 (95% CI, 0.9-1.5), insulin resistance index of 3.5 (95% CI, 2.7-4.4), and waist circumference of 1.3 cm (95% CI, 1.1-1.5 cm). The lifestyle-plus-placebo group had mean decreases in BMI of 0.5 (95% CI, 0.3-0.8) and insulin resistance index of 1.0 (95% CI, 0.5-1.5). However, the placebo group had mean increases in BMI of 1.2 (95% CI, 0.9-1.5), insulin resistance index of 0.4 (95% CI, 0.1-0.7), and waist circumference of 2.2 cm (95% CI, 1.7-2.8 cm). The lifestyle-plus-metformin treatment was significantly superior to metformin alone and to lifestyle plus placebo for weight, BMI, and waist circumference reduction. CONCLUSIONS: Lifestyle intervention and metformin alone and in combination demonstrated efficacy for antipsychotic-induced weight gain. Lifestyle intervention plus metformin showed the best effect on weight loss. Metformin alone was more effective in weight loss and improving insulin sensitivity than lifestyle intervention alone. Trial Registration clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00451399. IS - 2 JF - JAMA SN - 1538-3598 AD - Mental Health Institute of the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China. wurenrong2005@yahoo.com.cn EP - 193 TI - Lifestyle intervention and metformin for treatment of antipsychotic-induced weight gain: a randomized controlled trial. VL - 299 SP - 185 KW - clinical_trial KW - endocrine KW - neuroleptic KW - side_effect AU - Wu, RR AU - Zhao, JP AU - Jin, H AU - Shao, P AU - Fang, MS AU - Guo, XF AU - He, YQ AU - Liu, YJ AU - Chen, JD AU - Li, LH PY - 2008/01/09/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2007.56-b ER -