Experiment 67587

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Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismHypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE)
CitationTAYLOR,LH: KOBAK,KA:. (2000). AN OPEN-LABEL TRIAL OF ST.JOHN'S WORT (HYPERICUM PERFORATUM) IN OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER.. 61(8)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseTWELVE SUBJECTS WERE EVALUATED WITH A PRIMARY DSM-IV DIAGNOSIS OF OCD OF AT LEAST 12 MONTHS' DURATION. TREATMENT LASTED FOR 12 WEEKS, WITH A FIXED DOSE OF 450 MG OF 0.3% HYPERICIN TWICE DAILY WEEKLY EVALUATIONS WERE CONDUCTED WITH THE YALE-BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE (Y-BOCS), THE PATIENT GLOBAL IMPRESSIONS OF IMPROVEMENT SCALE, AND THE CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSIONS OF IMPROVEMENT SCALE (CGI) AND MONTHLY EVALUATION WITH THE HAMILTON RATING SCALE FOR DEPRESSION. A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM BASELINE TO ENDPOINT WAS FOUND, WITH A MEAN Y-BOCS CHANGE OF 7.4 POINTS (P=.001). SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OCCURRED AT 1 WEEK (P=.020) AND CONTINUED TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE GRIAL.
Dose amount900.0 MG
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Per unitDAY
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractHYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT
GenderGIVEN TO BOTH SEXES