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Youth Depression Alleviation-Augmentation with an anti-inflammatory agent (YoDA-A): protocol and rationale for a placebo-controlled randomized trial of rosuvastatin and aspirin.

Amelia L QuinnOlivia M DeanChristopher G DaveyMelissa KerrSusy M HarriganSue M CottonAndrew M ChanenSeetal DoddAswin RatheeshG Paul AmmingerMark PhelanAmber WilliamsAndrew MackinnonFrancesco GiorlandoShelley BairdSimon RiceMelissa O'SheaMiriam R SchäferEdward MullenSarah Elisabeth HetrickPatrick McGorryMichael Berk
Published in: Early intervention in psychiatry (2015)
Timely and targeted intervention for youth MDD is crucial. Given the paucity of new agents to treat youth MDD, adjunctive trials are not only pragmatic and 'real-world', but additionally aim to target shortfalls in conventional medications. This study has the potential to first provide two new adjunctive treatment options for youth MDD; aspirin and rosuvastatin. Second, this study will serve as proof of principle of the role of inflammation in MDD.
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