TDM-Guided Treatment With SSRIs in Hospitalized Adults and Children

Depression in childhood and adolescence is a serious and increasing public-health problem associated with profound short- and long-term consequences, including impaired social and educational functioning, increased risk of somatic illness and substance use, and elevated mortality from suicide. Up to half of depressive disorders beginning in youth persist into adulthood, and the COVID-19 pandemic, with its attendant social isolation, has further increased the incidence of clinically significant depressive illness in children and young adults. Despite the high burden of disease, pharmacotherapeutic guidance for pediatric depression remains limited. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are first-line agents, yet dosing recommendations for youth do not adequately account for major sources of variability such as developmental pharmacokinetics, body size, age, comorbid diagnoses, and pharmacogenetic differences. Fluoxetine is commonly recommended in pediatric populations largely for historical reasons, while newer SSRIs such as escitalopram and sertraline are increasingly prescribed off-label without robust comparative evidence. This randomized clinical trial evaluates therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)-guided treatment with fluoxetine, sertraline, or escitalopram in children and adults diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder. TDM procedures will be implemented across all randomized arms to capture drug exposure and enable dose adjustments according to predefined safety …

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