The effect of melatonin on depressive symptoms and anxiety in patients after acute coronary syndrome: The MEDACIS randomized clinical trial

Michael Tvilling Madsen; Jawad Ahmad Zahid; Christine Hangaard Hansen; Ole Grummedal; Jessica Roberts Hansen; Anders Isbrand; Ulla Overgaard Andersen; Lars Juel Andersen; Mustafa Taskiran; Erik Simonsen; Ismail Gögenur

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.09.014

The effect of melatonin on depressive symptoms and anxiety in patients after acute coronary syndrome: The MEDACIS randomized clinical trial

Michael Tvilling Madsen^*, Jawad Ahmad Zahid, Christine Hangaard Hansen, Ole Grummedal, Jessica Roberts Hansen, Anders Isbrand, Ulla Overgaard Andersen, Lars Juel Andersen, Mustafa Taskiran, Erik Simonsen, Ismail Gögenur

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Background: Depression following acute coronary syndrome is prevalent and associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Melatonin may function as a primary prophylactic antidepressant substance and alleviate depressive symptoms. The study was undertaken to determine if melatonin administered following an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) could prevent development of depression. Methods: The study was a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, multicenter, randomized clinical trial performed in five primary care cardiology departments at Zealand, Denmark. Included patients were adults patients, free of depression at baseline, included at the latest 4 weeks after acute coronary syndrome. Twenty-five mg melatonin or placebo was administered 1 h before participants’ bedtime for 12 weeks. The primary outcome is Major Depression Inventory (MDI) measured every two weeks throughout the trial. Incidence of depression was apriori defined as MDI score ≥ 21 during the trial. Reported exploratory outcomes were patterns of dropout and safety outcomes. Results: 1220 patients were screened and 252 participants were randomized in a 1:1 ratio. Baseline MDI score in the melatonin and placebo group were, respectively, 6.18 (CI 5.32–7.05) and 5.98 (CI 5.19–6.77). No significant intergroup differences were found during the study in the intention-to-treat analysis or per-protocol analysis. Cumulative events of depressive episodes during the 12 weeks were six in the melatonin group and four in the placebo group. A significant drop in depressive symptoms were present throughout the study period. No intergroup differences were present in dropouts or adverse events. Conclusions: Melatonin showed no prophylactic antidepressant effect following acute coronary syndrome. The non-significant results might be due to a type II error or melatonin might not be able to prevent development of depressive symptoms following ACS.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Psychiatric Research
Volume	119
Pages (from-to)	84-94
Number of pages	11
ISSN	0022-3956
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.09.014
Publication status	Published - Dec 2019

Keywords

Acute coronary syndrome
Depression
Melatonin
Placebo
Primary prophylactic
Randomized controlled trial

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Madsen, M. T., Zahid, J. A., Hansen, C. H., Grummedal, O., Hansen, J. R., Isbrand, A., Andersen, U. O., Andersen, L. J., Taskiran, M., Simonsen, E., & Gögenur, I. (2019). The effect of melatonin on depressive symptoms and anxiety in patients after acute coronary syndrome: The MEDACIS randomized clinical trial. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 119, 84-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.09.014

The effect of melatonin on depressive symptoms and anxiety in patients after acute coronary syndrome: The MEDACIS randomized clinical trial. / Madsen, Michael Tvilling; Zahid, Jawad Ahmad; Hansen, Christine Hangaard et al.
In: Journal of Psychiatric Research, Vol. 119, 12.2019, p. 84-94.

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Madsen, MT, Zahid, JA, Hansen, CH, Grummedal, O, Hansen, JR, Isbrand, A, Andersen, UO, Andersen, LJ, Taskiran, M , Simonsen, E & Gögenur, I 2019, 'The effect of melatonin on depressive symptoms and anxiety in patients after acute coronary syndrome: The MEDACIS randomized clinical trial', Journal of Psychiatric Research, vol. 119, pp. 84-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2019.09.014

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