

Compared with polypharmacy, except for aripiprazole, the TDR of other three monotherapy medications were lower than that of polypharmacy, and olanzapine was statistically different (p = 0.0325). Among the four medications, the TDR of risperidone was the highest. Results: There was a significant difference among monotherapy groups in all-cause antipsychotic treatment discontinuation (p = 0.0057). Cox proportional hazard regression model was used to assess the relative risk of TTD of antipsychotics. Kaplan-Meier survival curves were used to draw the treatment discontinuation rates (TDR) curves at each time point. 706 patients were analyzed without intervention in medication selection and use, followed up for 3 years. Method: A multi-center, open, cohort, prospective, real-world study was conducted. The aim of the study was to compare the clinical effectiveness of quetiapine, olanzapine, risperidone, and aripiprazole in the real-world treatment of schizophrenia with 3-years follow-up. Time to discontinuation (TTD) is one of the indicators of compliance and may also be an effective indicator of medication efficacy. Closer multi-agency collaboration may bridge the gap between evidence, guidelines and approved drugs.īackground: Discontinuation of antipsychotic treatment is a common problem in patients with schizophrenia and could reduce the effectiveness of treatment.

Future long-term trials looking at cognition, functioning, quality of life, suicidal behaviour, mortality, services utilisation and cost-effectiveness are warranted. Treatment-resistant patients should be offered clozapine. Olanzapine is known for a high risk of weight gain and haloperidol for extrapyramidal side-effects. Cognition, functioning and quality of life, suicidal behaviour and mortality and services utilisation and cost-effectiveness were poorly covered/uncovered.Among the antipsychotics approved for EOS, aripiprazole, lurasidone, molindone, risperidone, paliperidone and quetiapine emerged as efficacious and comparably safe options. Evidence supported the efficacy of aripiprazole, clozapine, haloperidol, lurasidone, molindone, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone and paliperidone in EOS, all of which obtained approval for EOS either in Europe and/or in North-America. We also evaluated the coverage of these outcomes to identify unmet needs.One systematic review, nine meta-analyses and two umbrella reviews (k=203 trials, N=81,289 participants, including duplicated samples across selected articles) were retrieved. Based on predefined outcomes, we critically compared the evidence supporting EOS-approved drugs in Europe and/or North-America with guidelines recommendations. Decision-making for EOS pharmacological treatment may be challenging due to conflicting information from evidence and guidelines and unidentified care needs may remain unmet.We searched for systematic reviews, meta-analyses and umbrella reviews of EOS pharmacological treatment published in PubMed over the past 10 years and selected five clinical guidelines from Europe, North-America and Australia. Early-onset schizophrenia (EOS) - onset before age 18 - is linked with great disease burden and disability.
