Fluvoxamine combination therapy with tropisetron for obsessive-compulsive disorder patients: A placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial

Background: About 50% of obsessive-compulsive disorder patients still suffer significant symptoms even after the recommended first-line therapy. This demonstrates the necessity to investigate strategies to improve alleviation of symptoms. Objective: The main objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a 5-hydroxytryptophan 3 receptor antagonist, tropisetron, as an adjuvant therapy to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, in...