RT Journal Article T1 Antipsychotic Treatment Effectiveness in First Episode of Psychosis: PAFIP 3-Year Follow-Up Randomized Clinical Trials Comparing Haloperidol, Olanzapine, Risperidone, Aripiprazole, Quetiapine, and Ziprasidone. A1 Gomez-Revuelta, Marcos A1 Pelayo-Teran, Jose Maria A1 Juncal-Ruiz, Maria A1 Vazquez-Bourgon, Javier A1 Suarez-Pinilla, Paula A1 Romero-Jimenez, Rodrigo A1 Setien-Suero, Esther A1 Ayesa-Arriola, Rosa A1 Crespo-Facorro, Benedicto K1 antipsychotics K1 first-episode-psychosis K1 schizophrenia AB Different effectiveness profiles among antipsychotics may be a key point to optimize treatment in patients suffering a first episode of psychosis to impact on long-term outcome. The aim of this study is to compare the clinical effectiveness of olanzapine, risperidone, haloperidol, aripiprazole, ziprasidone, and quetiapine in the treatment of first episode of psychosis at 3-year follow-up. From February 2001 to January 2011, 2 phases of a prospective, randomized, open-label study were undertaken. A total of 376 first-episode drug-naïve patients were randomly assigned to olanzapine (n = 55), risperidone (n = 63), haloperidol (n = 56), aripiprazole (n = 78), ziprasidone (n = 62), or quetiapine (n = 62) and followed up for 3 years. The primary effectiveness measure was all cause of treatment discontinuation. In addition, an analysis based on intention-to-treat principle was conducted in the analysis for clinical efficacy. The overall dropout rate at 3 years reached 20.75%. Treatment discontinuation rates were significantly different among treatment groups (olanzapine = 69.09, risperidone = 71.43, aripiprazole = 73.08%, ziprasidone = 79.03%, haloperidol = 89.28%, and quetiapine = 95.53%) (χ2 = 79.86; P = .000). Statistically significant differences in terms of lack of efficacy, adherence, and tolerability were observed among treatment groups along the 3-year follow-up, determining significant differences in time to all-cause discontinuation (log-rank = 92.240; P = .000). Significant differences between treatments were found in the categories of sleepiness/sedation, increased sleep duration, akinesia, weight gain, ejaculatory dysfunction, extrapyramidal-symptoms, and amenorrhea. Olanzapine, risperidone, and aripiprazole presented advantages for the first-line treatment of first episode of psychosis in terms of effectiveness. Identifying different discontinuation patterns may contribute to optimize treatment selection after first episode of psychosis. PB Oxford University Press YR 2020 FD 2020-01-22 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/14998 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/14998 LA en NO Gómez-Revuelta M, Pelayo-Terán JM, Juncal-Ruiz M, Vázquez-Bourgon J, Suárez-Pinilla P, Romero-Jiménez R, et al. Antipsychotic Treatment Effectiveness in First Episode of Psychosis: PAFIP 3-Year Follow-Up Randomized Clinical Trials Comparing Haloperidol, Olanzapine, Risperidone, Aripiprazole, Quetiapine, and Ziprasidone. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2020 Apr 23;23(4):217-229. NO This study was conducted as part of a clinical trial “ Comparative Study of Aripiprazole, Quetiapine and Ziprasidone in Treatment of First Episode Psychosis: 3-year Follow-up.” ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02526030.The authors thank the “Programa Asistencial de las Fases Iniciales de Psicosis” (PAFIP) research team, especially Víctor Ortiz-García de la Foz, Gema Pardo, and Obdulia Martínez and all patients and family members who participated in the study. The authors are entirely responsible for the scientific content of the paper. The study was carried out at the Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain, under the following grant supports: Plan Nacional de Drogas Research (2005-Orden sco/3246/2004); SENY Fundació (CI 2005–0308007); and Fundación Marqués de Valdecilla (API07/011); Gerencia Regional de Salud de Castilla y León (INT/M/04/17).Unrestricted educational and research grants from AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Johnson & Johnson provided support for PAFIP activities. No pharmaceutical industry or institutional sponsors participated in the study design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation of the results. DS RISalud RD Apr 17, 2025