Cipralex is effective in the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Cipralex is effective providing significant improvements in OCD symptoms in patients treated with escitalopram (10 or 20 mg mg/day) compared with placebo. Escitalopram (10 mg or 20mg/day) significantly reduced the risk of relapse in patients with OCD compared with placebo.
Change in Y-BOCS total score from baseline (ref 1)
In a 24-week trial, escitalopram (20 mg/day) showed significantly greater improvement in Y-BOCS total score at Week 12 vs placebo
Patients in remission (%) (ref 1)
Cipralex 20 mg/day was statistically superior to placebo from Week 12 onwards
References
1. Stein et al., 2006