MedPage TodayHow Durable are Responses to Novel Antidepressant Zuranolone in MDD?

In the phase III trial for zuranolone, 67.4% of patients who received an initial 2-week course at the 30-mg dose level initially achieved a 50% or greater reduction from baseline on the HAMD-17. Over the following year, half of those patients required additional 2-week courses of therapy. Of the group who received the 50-mg dose, only 25% needed subsequent courses.