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P-179 - Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor as a Biomarker of Clinical Response in Bipolar Disorder: 16 Week Follow-up Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

I. Grande ,
I. Chendo ,
B.N. Frey ,
K.M. Cereser ,
L. Stertz ,
G. Colpo ,
G.R. Fries ,
A.B. da Cunha ,
E. Vieta  and
F. Kapczinski
I. Grande
Affiliation:
Bipolar Disorders Program, Clinical Institute of Neuroscience, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Spain Bipolar Disorder Program and Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, National Institute for Translational Medicine, INCT-TM Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
I. Chendo
Affiliation:
Bipolar Disorder Program and Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, National Institute for Translational Medicine, INCT-TM Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
B.N. Frey
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
K.M. Cereser
Affiliation:
Bipolar Disorder Program and Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, National Institute for Translational Medicine, INCT-TM Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
L. Stertz
Affiliation:
Bipolar Disorder Program and Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, National Institute for Translational Medicine, INCT-TM Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
G. Colpo
Affiliation:
Bipolar Disorder Program and Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, National Institute for Translational Medicine, INCT-TM Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
G.R. Fries
Affiliation:
Bipolar Disorder Program and Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, National Institute for Translational Medicine, INCT-TM Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
A.B. da Cunha
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
E. Vieta
Affiliation:
Bipolar Disorders Program, Clinical Institute of Neuroscience, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERSAM, Barcelona, Spain
F. Kapczinski
Affiliation:
Bipolar Disorder Program and Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, National Institute for Translational Medicine, INCT-TM Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Abstract

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Introduction

Despite therapeutic advances, we still have difficulties in predicting response to treatment in bipolar disorder (BD). Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) has been put forward as a potential peripheral marker of treatment response.

Objective

To prospectively study the relation between clinical response to treatment and serum BDNF levels.

Aims

To investigate a) a possible association between serum BDNF levels and clinical response along 16 week follow-up and b) the role of val66met polymorphism in clinical response in a sample of drug-free patients with BD going through a mood episode.

Methods

This is a naturalistic, open-label prospective nested case control study matched for age, gender and ethnicity. Patients were 18 years or older, required BD diagnosis, undergoing a current manic, mixed or depressive episode and be off-medication for at least 2 weeks. Clinical assessment and blood withdrawn were conducted along follow-up. At the end of the study, patients were classified according to clinical response.

Results

25 of 36 (69.4%) of the patients were female and the mean age was 37.8 (SD 11.8) years old. Baseline serum BDNF levels did not show any difference between patients and controls (p = 0.075).There was a significant negative correlation between differences in serum BDNF levels and in CGI score along follow-up (r = −.372, p = 0.028). Serum BDNF levels were significant higher in responders compared to non-responders at week 4, 8 and 16 (p = 0.026, p = 0.009, p = 0.001 respectively). Val66met polymorphism did not seem to interfere in clinical response.

Conclusions

Changes in serum BDNF levels may help in monitoring treatment response.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 27 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2012 , pp. 1
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2012
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