Mental Health

Analysis of children's risks spurs follow-up study on depressed adults

Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, October 22nd, 2004

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will examine clinical trial data for thousands of depressed adults to see if they, like children, suffered increased suicidal thoughts and behaviors while taking antidepressants.

Janet Woodcock, MD, acting FDA deputy commissioner, could not say how long the exhaustive analysis would take or how much it would cost.

"It's a huge undertaking," Woodcock said September 28, 2004.

Columbia University's analysis of pediatric clinical trial data examined just one-tenth of the information contained in adult databases.

That pediatric study, and the FDA's own internal reviews,...

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Source: Medicine and Law Weekly (2004-10-22)

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