Sunday, September 23, 2012

Roy Perlis: All Hands Meeting on Major Depression and Treatment Resistance (genetic basis)

Why study genetics of TRD?

Heritability of TRD estimated to be ~60% (styled in the manner of Visscher.

The Challenge:

1) Lasagna's Law

2) Establishing TRD requires multiple treatment trials (costly).

During the closed i2b2 MDD TRD DBP:

a) Developed high specificity for extremes of response (specificity of 95%)

b) Studied changes in CNV burden and MDD/TRD. Results are still preliminary.

c ) Clinical Goal: Risk Stratification

d) Discussed CNV changes

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