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d-Cycloserine as an Augmentation Strategy With Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
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OBJECTIVE: The authors examined whether D-cycloserine, a partial agonist at the glutamatergic N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor, augments and accelerates a full course of comprehensive cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in adults with generalized social anxiety disorder. METHOD: This was a multisite randomized placebo-controlled efficacy study with 169 medication-free adults with generalized social anxiety disorder, of whom 144 completed the 12-week treatment and 131 completed the three follow-up assessments. Patients were randomly assigned to receive 50 mg of D-cycloserine or placebo 1 hour before each of five exposure sessions that were part of a 12-session cognitive-behavioral group treatment. Response and remission status was determined at baseline, throughout treatment, at end of treatment, and at 1-, 3-, and 6-month follow-up assessments by assessors who were blind to treatment condition. RESULTS: D-Cycloserine-augmented and placebo-augmented CBT were associated with similar completion rates (87% and 82%), response rates (79.3% and 73.3%), and remission rates (34.5% and 24.4%) at the posttreatment assessment; response and remission rates were largely maintained at the follow-up assessments. Although D-cycloserine was associated with a 24%-33% faster rate of improvement in symptom severity and remission rates relative to placebo during the treatment phase, the groups did not differ in response and remission rates. CONCLUSIONS: D-Cycloserine did not augment a full course of comprehensive CBT for social anxiety disorder.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hofmann, S. G., Smits, J. A. J., Rosenfield, D., Simon, N., Otto, M. W., Meuret, A. E., Marques, L., Fang, A., Tart, C., & Pollack, M. H.
- Affiliations
- Boston University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hofmann, Stefan G.
- ORCID
- Venue
- American Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 2013-07
- Volume
- 170
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 751-758
- ISSN
- 0002-953X (ISSN-L)
- 1535-7228
- PMC
- PMC4058999
- OpenAlex
- W2169145652
- Cited by
- 121
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 10
- FWCI
- 27.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- American Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH075889, K23MH096029, R01MH078308)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology (medical) › Treatment of Major Depression
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- D-cycloserine, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, cognitive behavioral therapy, augmentation therapy, NMDA receptor partial agonist, exposure therapy, treatment response and remission
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Combined Modality Therapy, Cycloserine, Female, Humans, Interview, Psychological, Male, Phobic Disorders, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Remission Induction, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
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