X Miscellaneous Records Prior and Concomitant Meds X X X Dispense Study Medication Xf Xf X Medical Procedures X X X Study Medication record X X X Study Conclusion X X K-SADSPL Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Aged ChildrenPresent and Lifetime Version; CDRSR Children's Depression Rating ScaleRevised; CGI Clinical Global Impression; GAF Global Assessment of Functioning Scale; KADS Kutcher Adolescent Depression Rating Scale a. Follow-up Visit was to be completed 14 days after last dose of study medication for all patients except those continuing into the open-label extension study 29060 716. b. ECG repeated if results at previous visit were clinically significantly abnormal. Screening results were required to be interpreted prior to randomization. c. 3-minute sitting systolic and diastolic blood pressure BP ; and heart rate measured in the same arm and, where possible, by the same person throughout the study d. For females of child-bearing potential e. Repeat Laboratory Evaluations were performed only if clinically significantly abnormal results and with the agreement of the investigator sponsor. Results of repeat evaluation were required to be interpreted prior to randomization. Hematology hemoglobin, hematocrit, white blood cell [WBC] count with differential, red blood cell [RBC] count, and platelet count Blood Chemistry creatinine, BUN [blood urea nitrogen], total bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, SGPT [alanine aminotransferase ALT ; ], SGOT [aspartate aminotransferase AST ; ], electrolytes, thyroid stimulating hormone [TSH], Free T3, Free T4 [thyroid tests at Screening Visit only]; dipstick urinalysis if positive for blood or protein, full microscopy was performed ; . f. Taper medication dispensed for all patients ending Treatment Phase or withdrawing at DL 2 Pharmacokinetic PK ; sampling was optional and patient consent was required.

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1 Reichard P, Nilsson BY, Rosenqvist U: The effect of long-term intensified insulin treatment on the development of microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus. N Engl J Med 329: 304309, 1993 The DCCT Research Group: The effect of intensive treatment of diabetes on the development and progression of long-term complications in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. N Engl J Med 329: 977986, 1993 Ohkubo Y, Kishikawa H, Araki E, Isami S, Motoyoshi S, Kojima Y, Furuyoshi N, Shichiri M: Intensive insulin therapy prevents the progression of diabetic microvascular complications in Japanese patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: a randomized prospective 6-year study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 28: 103117, 1995 The United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study Group: Intensive blood-glucose control and omeprazole.

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One hour following this extinction training session, animals were given a short test consisting of startle stimuli in the presence or absence of the light-CS 2-5 light-startle compounds and 2-5 startle alone, values shown are averages of all trials ; . 24 hrs post-extinction training, all animals were tested for the presence of fear-potentiated startle 15 light-startle compounds and 15 startle alone ; . As animals showed a large amount of extinction within the 24-hr testing session within-session extinction ; , the FPS values shown for all drug studies are the average FPS during the first five light-startle compounds. Reinstatement: Previously fear-conditioned and extinction-trained animals were returned to the testing chamber 48 hrs following extinction training and presented with 3 footshocks in the absence of the light-CS 0.4mA, 0.5 sec shock, 2 min inter-trial interval ; . Immediately following the unpaired shocks, animals were tested for the presence of fear-potentiated startle 15 light-startle compounds, and 15 startle alone ; . Shock Reactivity, Startle, and Activity Measures: A separate group of fear-conditioned animals was injected with AM404, placed in the training testing chambers, and presented with 3 unpaired shocks and 42 startle stimuli 0.4-mA, 0.5-sec shocks, 95-dB noise-burst startle ; . The same group of animals was returned to the same chambers 3 d later, injected with vehicle, and presented with an identical behavioral test. The values shown are the mean integrated voltages of the accelerometers measured over 200-msec periods beginning at the onset of either the shocks or the startle stimuli. Additionally, a measure of spontaneous motor activity was derived from the mean displacement of the accelerometers in the 2 min prior to delivery of the first shock, while animals were exploring the chambers. 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JAPC Update The Joint Area Prescribing Committee JAPC ; is a countywide group covering Derbyshire County PCT and Derby City PCT. It provides recommendations on drugs and medicines management issues. RED drugs are those where prescribing responsibility lies with a hospital consultant or a specialist. AMBER drugs are those that are initiated within a hospital specialist setting but are suitable for shared care with a GP under a shared care agreement. GREEN drugs are regarded as suitable for primary care prescribing. BROWN drugs are those that JAPC does not recommend for use, except in exceptional circumstances, due to lack of data on safety, effectiveness, and or cost-effectiveness. 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People per 100, 000 population would receive the drug. Based on an estimated NHS cost price of approximately 572 per patient for a year's treatment with rimonabant 20mg daily, it would cost around 70, 000 per 100, 000 population annually. It should be noted that all the RIO RCTs except for RIO-Diabetes excluded people with type 2 diabetes. It is likely, depending on the final licensed indication, that rimonabant could be prescribed for a much wider population. i.e. people with abdominal obesity who have additional CV risk factors, especially dyslipidaemia and or hypertension as in most of the RIO trials ; , and smokers. The manufacturer has estimated that approximately 7.6m adults in the UK have abdominal obesity with other CV risk factors [Personal Communication, sanofi-aventis, May 2005]. If 10% of these people were prescribed rimonabant, approximately 1, 300 people per 100, 000 population would receive the drug, costing around 750, 000 per 100, 000 population annually. The cost of any alternative drug therapy for obesity may offset partially these figures. Orlistat costs around 520 per patient for a year's treatment. Therefore, the additional prescription cost involved in using rimonabant rather than orlistat, would be about 50 patient year. It is not possible to predict how many people might receive rimonabant instead of other anti-obesity drugs and how many people who had previously tried another such drug might receive rimonabant, as we do not have any figures on previous drug therapy from the RIO studies. If rimonabant was to be licensed for smoking cessation and made available on the NHS, it would be difficult to predict how many people would be prescribed the drug for this indication. Until further studies have compared rimonabant with existing treatments, such as NRT, rimonabant's place in therapy in smoking cessation is unclear. Department of Health figures from April 2004 to March 2005 show that approximately 500, 000 people in England set a quit date through NHS Stop Smoking Services [35]. 87% of these receive drugs for smoking cessation i.e. 80% NRT only, 6% bupropion only and 1% both NRT and bupropion ; [35]. If a proportion of these people, e.g. 20%, used rimonabant instead, then approximately 175 people per 100, 000 population would take rimonabant for smoking cessation. If this was the case, prescriptions for rimonabant would cost the NHS around 19, 000 for ten weeks' treatment 100, 000 for one year ; per 100, 000 population. Alternatively, many of these patients may have already been targeted in the abdominal obesity plus CV risk category discussed above. If NRT or bupropion would have been used for these patients then these costs would be offset against the acquisition cost of rimonabant. It is not currently possible for us to determine the impact of rimonabant to the NHS on managing obesity and smokingrelated diseases. RCTs with rimonabant have only looked at surrogate outcomes over a limited period of time and not hard outcomes such as CV events or hospital admission. It is also important to note that the effects on CV risk factors other than weight loss and smoking cessation e.g. waist circumference, lipids, glycaemic control ; were only secondary endpoints. If rimonabant is marketed, patient pressure might lead to prescription in anyone with abdominal obesity, regardless of CV risk. In view of the financial risk, and depending on the licensed indication, PCTs may need to develop clear guidelines on the use of rimonabant, especially around who might receive it, what support and follow-up is necessary, and when treatment should be reviewed. A NICE obesity clinical guideline is expected in 2007. The Royal College of Physicians RCP ; currently recommend that anti-obesity drugs may be used in adult patients at medical risk from obesity BMI 30 ; or overweight patients BMI 27 ; with established comorbidities only if 1 ; dietary and lifestyle changes have been unsuccessful in achieving a 10% weight reduction after at least three months of supervised care, and 2 ; if the product licence for the drug permits this [9]. It is not yet clear how rimonabant might be made available, i.e. whether it will be generally available on the NHS, whether it will only be available through private clinics, or whether its use by the NHS will be restricted to certain patients according to the selected list scheme SLS ; . In the obesity studies, patients took rimonabant with a hypocaloric diet, and had to show compliance to dietary counselling. Therefore, as is recommended by NICE for orlistat and sibutramine [10, 11], it would seem advisable if prescribing rimonabant to ensure that arrangements have been made to offer advice, support and counselling on diet, as well as physical activity and behavioural strategies. These additional costs would need to be taken into account. It would seem reasonable to offer rimonabant only to those patients who comply with a hypocaloric diet and continue to prescribe it only for those patients who successfully lose weight. A recent letter has pointed out that the weight loss seen with placebo in RIO-Europe at one year was less than that expected with a diet reduced by 600 Kcal day, probably because the dropout rate was high 42% vs. 39% with rimonabant 20mg ; [36]. Adherence to lifestyle prescriptions by obese patients has always been difficult [24]. This reinforces the importance of providing structured support and counselling on diet in patients prescribed rimonabant. The two-year data from RIO-North America and RIOEurope suggest that most of the weight loss with rimonabant is restricted to the first year, as a substantial additional weight loss was not seen in people who remained on the drug during the second year. However, in the second year rimonabant appeared to be effective in maintaining the weight that had been lost. Therefore, it might be prudent to review treatment at regular intervals in order to assess the benefit that a patient has achieved and might further achieve. i.e. patients who have achieved successful weight loss with the product in the first year should be reviewed with the aim of redefining goals to maintain the weight that has been lost. NB: - NICE and RCP currently recommend that treatment with an anti-obesity drug beyond three months should be supported by evidence of a loss of at least 5% of initial body weight from the start of treatment [911]. Obesity is a long-term problem, and although these studies suggest that rimonabant would need to be continued beyond the first year to maintain any weight that had been lost, there is currently no data on the use of rimonabant beyond two years in terms of efficacy or safety. Ongoing study of the long-term effects of rimonabant over many years is required.

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