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SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Supplemental Table S1. Characteristics of Individual Studies Included in Meta-Analysis

Number Baseline Number Mean (Median) Completion Drop- Response Year Duration, (Safety), (ITT), HAM-D, rate, %, outs, N, rate, %, Study Initiated weeks Drug and Dose Arms per arm per arm total group total group per arm per arm Reference

V014* 1996 6 Placebo 102 101 23.6 (21.0) 76.5 24 38.6 Nemeroff & Venlafaxine IR 75 to 225 mg/d 100 96 24 56.3 Thase, 2007

V203 1987 6 Placebo 92 92 25.5 (22) 56.7 38 30.4 Rudolph et al, Venlafaxine IR 75, 225, or 375 mg/d 266 231 126 50.2 1998b

V208 1994 12 Placebo 100 99 24.49 (22) 65 41 32.3 Cunningham, Venlafaxine ER/IR 75 to 150 mg/d 193 179 66 61.5 1997

V209 1995 8 Placebo 102 100 24.5 (21) 66 41 29 Thase, 1997 Venlafaxine ER 75, 150, or 225 mg/d 95 91 26 58.2

V211* 1995 8 Placebo 98 97 25.4 (22.5) 79.8 21 42.3 Rudolph & Venlafaxine ER 75 to 225 mg/d 100 95 19 56.8 Feiger, 1999

V301* 1988 6 Placebo 78 78 24.96 (22) 68.9 21 39.7 Schweizer Venlafaxine IR 75 to 225 mg/d 73 64 26 65.6 et al, 1994

V302* 1988 6 Placebo 76 75 24.68 (22) 67.6 27 40 Cunningham Venlafaxine IR 75 to 200 mg/d 72 65 21 47.7 et al, 1994

V303* 1988 6 Placebo 80 79 24.13 (22) 65.4 24 40.5 Unpublished Venlafaxine IR 75 to 225 mg/d 79 70 31 52.9

V313† 1989 6 Placebo 78 75 25.5 (23) 73.9 24 34.7 Mendels et al, Venlafaxine IR 150 to 200 mg/d 79 77 17 47.3 1993 Detecting Antidepressant Efficacy Supplementary Data Page 2

Number Baseline Number Mean (Median) Completion Drop- Response Year Duration, (Safety), (ITT), HAM-D, rate, %, outs, N, rate, %, Study Initiated weeks Drug and Dose Arms per arm per arm total group total group per arm per arm Reference V342 1992 12 Placebo 98 93 24.7 (22) 52.1 44 28 Khan et al, Venlafaxine IR 75, 150 or 200 mg/d 286 253 140 43.9 1998 V360* 1995 12 Placebo 119 118 27.4 (25) 65.6 48 42.4 Silverstone & Venlafaxine ER 75 to 225 mg/d 128 122 37 66.4 Ravindran, 1999

V367* 1994 8 Placebo 83 79 26.7 (25) 98.4 24 56.8 Salinas, 1997 Venlafaxine ER 75 or 150 mg/d 165 157 46 63.7

V372* 1995 6 Placebo 152 139 24.3 (22) 71.8 44 37.4 Rudolph et al, Venlafaxine IR 200 to 375 mg/d 156 133 43 64.7 1998a

V384* 1997 6 Placebo 66 61 26.4 (25) 66.9 25 27.9 Unpublished Venlafaxine ER 225 to 375 mg/d 176 160 55 46.9

V402* 2000 10 Placebo 100 98 23 (23) 68.6 32 49 Unpublished Venlafaxine ER 75 to 300 mg/d 295 287 92 60.6

V414* 2000 10 Placebo 99 97 22.6 (22) 67.8 5 24.2 Unpublished Venlafaxine ER 75 to 300 mg/d 292 288 32 39.6

D309* 2004 8 Placebo 120 120 25.95 (25) 84 13 50 Lieberman Desvenlafaxine 200 or 400 mg/d 117 116 25 59.5 et al, 2008

D317* 2004 8 Placebo 125 125 25 (25) 78.2 17 44 Lieberman Desvenlafaxine 200 or 400 mg/d 114 110 35 50 et al, 2008

D223 2002 8 Placebo 78 78 22.20 (22) 73.4 20 42.3 Unpublished Desvenlafaxine 200 or 400 mg/d 144 135 39 47.4

D304 2003 8 Placebo 117 114 23.7 (23) 76.9 24 34.2 Liebowitz Desvenlafaxine 100 or 200 mg/d 121 120 31 43.3 et al, 2007 Detecting Antidepressant Efficacy Supplementary Data Page 3

Number Baseline Number Mean (Median) Completion Drop- Response Year Duration, (Safety), (ITT), HAM-D, rate, %, outs, N, rate, %, Study Initiated weeks Drug and Dose Arms per arm per arm total group total group per arm per arm Reference D306 2003 8 Placebo 120 118 23 (23) 76.6 22 34.7 DeMartinis Desvenlafaxine 100, 200, or 400 mg/d 350 343 88 47.8 et al, 2007

D308 2003 8 Placebo 125 124 25.1 (25) 75.1 27 37.9 Septien-Velez Desvenlafaxine 200 or 400 mg/d 248 245 66 58.4 et al, 2007

D320 2004 8 Placebo 118 118 23.2 (23) 81.3 15 30.5 Feiger et al, Desvenlafaxine 200 or 400 mg/d 117 117 29 39.3 2009

D332 2006 8 Placebo 152 150 23.25 (23) 80 25 44 Liebowitz Desvenlafaxine 50 or 100 mg/d 299 297 65 52.2 et al, 2008

D333 2006 8 Placebo 161 161 24.33 (24) 89.7 13 49.7 Boyer et al, Desvenlafaxine 50 or 100 mg/d 325 322 37 64.3 2008

D335* 2008 8 Placebo 161 160 23.62 (23.5) 77.5 38 38.1 Tourian et al, Desvenlafaxine 50 or 100 mg/d 298 298 61 43.6 2009

D403 2006 8 Placebo 125 125 20.72 (21) 84 16 32.8 Kornstein et al, Desvenlafaxine 100 or 200 mg/d 256 247 45 55.5 2010

D3359† 2008 8 Placebo 231 231 22.93 (22) 90.8 22 34.6 Iwata et al, n.d. Desvenlafaxine 50 mg/d 236 236 21 46.2

D3362† 2009 8 Placebo 223 223 23.16 (23) 88.8 28 38.1 Liebowitz Desvenlafaxine 50 mg/d 224 224 22 40.6 et al, n.d.

D4415 2010 12 Placebo 142 142 21.95 (22) 79.2 35 46.5 Dunlop et al, Desvenlafaxine 50 mg/d 285 285 54 60.7 2011

HAM-D, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; ITT, intent to treat; n.d., no date.

*Study included an active control arm, not included in analyses. †Study included ≥1 lower dose arms, not included in the analyses. Detecting Antidepressant Efficacy Supplementary Data Page 4 Detecting Antidepressant Efficacy Supplementary Data Page 5

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