March 2023: Adjunctive Cariprazine for the Treatment of Patients With Major Depressive Disorder

Dr. Gary S. Sachs (Harvard Medical School) joins us for the for the March episode of AJP Audio, discussing the results from a phase 3 study looking at the use of atypical antipsychotic cariprazine as an adjunctive treatment for major depression in conjunction with antidepressants.  Afterwards, we’ll be joined once again by AJP Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ned Kalin to discuss the rest of the March issue. Transcript Sachs interview [00:47] Why is treating major depressive disorder in patients proven to be such a challenge for clinicians? [01:54] Why cariprazine in conjunction with antidepressants? [02:37] Atypical antipsychotics and antidepressants [03:22] Atypical antipsychotics and side effects [05:23] Limitations [07:09] Clinical implications for the treatment of major depressive disorder [08:29] What’s next for your research? [09:15] Kalin interview [10:09] Sachs et al. [10:25] Hasseris et al. [12:35] Visontay et al. [15:15] Dunlop et al. [17:10] Elbau et al. [19:56] Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you listen to it. Subscribe to the podcast here. Listen to other podcasts produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Browse articles online. How authors may submit their work. Follow the journals of APA Publishing on Twitter. E-mail us at ajp@psych.org