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Record W4413313874 · doi:10.1093/ijnp/pyaf052.144

444. POLYGENIC RISK ANALYSES OF VENLAFAXINE-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS IN OLDER ADULTS WITH DEPRESSION

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Daniel J. Müller, Samer Elsheikh, Xiaoyu Men, Leen Magarbeh

Bibliographic record

VenueThe International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicTreatment of Major Depression
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Toronto
Fundersnot available
KeywordsVenlafaxinePolygenic risk scoreDepression (economics)PsychologyClinical psychologyMedicinePsychiatryBiologyGeneticsAntidepressantAnxietyGeneGenotype

Abstract

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Abstract Background Older adults are more susceptible to antidepressant-induced side effects due to higher comorbidity, cognitive decline, and polypharmacy. Onset of side effects is also associated with antidepressant discontinuation, which might increase the risk of relapse or recurrence of depression. Therefore, it is important to investigate genomic factors underlying antidepressant-induced side effects. Aims & Objectives We performed polygenic risk score (PRS) analyses to evaluate the shared genetic architecture between venlafaxine-induced side effects and various disorders of potentially related to a higher risk for specific side effects. Method We analyzed genetic and clinical data from participants enrolled in the Incomplete Response in Late-Life Depression: Getting to Remission study (IRL-GRey, NCT00892047) phase 1, where participants received venlafaxine for 12 weeks, with dosage up to 300mg/day (Lenze et al., 2015). Side effects were assessed at the end of phase 1 using the 46-item Udvalg for Kliniske Undersøgelser (UKU) rating scale. The presence of side effects was identified by a two-point increase in UKU scores compared to baseline measurements. Additionally, according to UKU categorization, adverse effects were categorized as psychic (10 items), neurological (9 items), autonomic (11 items), and other (16 items). PRSice-2 was utilized to construct the PRSs on our target sample (IRL-GRey) using 14 summary statistics from the PGC, UK Biobank, IGAP, and MEGASTROKE consortium. We tested the association between the total 14 PRSs and the presence of at least one adverse effect. Furthermore, the presence of any psychic side effects was tested for their associations with six PRSs for psychiatric disorders (i.e., depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and antidepressant treatment response), while the presence of neurological side effects was analyzed with three PRSs for Alzheimer’s disease. Logistic regression was utilized to test for these associations adjusting for age, sex, and first three ancestry principal components. Due to the limited sample size in other populations, our PRS analyses were restricted to the European-ancestry subsample, and only discovery cohorts with predominantly European ancestry were included. The results were corrected for multiple testing using a stringent Bonferroni correction with adjusted α = 0.05/(14+6+3) = 0.0022. Results A total of 297 individuals were included in the analyses. Overall, higher PRSs for all stroke (OR = 1.43 [1.11, 1.85], p = 0.006, empirical-p = 0.03), ischemic stroke (OR = 1.44 [1.10, 1.88], p = 0.008, empirical-p = 0.04), and small vessel stroke (OR = 1.41 [1.10, 1.82], p = 0.007, empirical-p = 0.03), were nominally associated with a higher likelihood of experiencing at least one side effect after venlafaxine treatment in the IRL-GRey sample. However, none of these nominally significant associations survived multiple testing corrections before or after permutation. Discussion & Conclusions Our findings indicate nominal genetic associations between venlafaxine-related side effects and PRSs for stroke in older adults. Notably, our previous analyses indicated PRS for stroke also to be associated with non-remission in the same sample (Marshe et al., 2021). By identifying individuals at higher risk of side effects based on their genetic profile, treatment plans could be tailored to minimize side effects and optimize treatment.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.003
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.006
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.010
Threshold uncertainty score0.021

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0030.006
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.002
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0000.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0050.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.009
GPT teacher head0.350
Teacher spread0.341 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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