Luo, Wen https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1642-3710
Wang, Gang https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3949-1188
Whitaker, John W.
Dhali, Zafrin
Sun, Hong
Lu, Haiping
Li, Xiaojun
Shi, Tao
Zhang, Jinkun
Article History
Received: 30 November 2025
Revised: 17 May 2026
Accepted: 26 May 2026
First Online: 19 June 2026
Competing interests
: WL, JW, ZD, XL, HS, HL, JZ, and TS had/have equity in Denovo Biopharma and are/were employed at Denovo Biopharma. GW reports consulting fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; and is Chairman of China Association for Mental Health.
: Both CN162006 (NCT01309945) and CN162007 (NCT01369095) were conducted in accordance with the aims and principles of the International Council for Harmonisation (ICH), Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and the Declaration of Helsinki. All patients provided written informed consent before study participation. The real world data from Beijing Anding Hospital Depression Cohort was approved by Ethic Committee with EC registration number of [2019]-006 by Beijing Municipal Health Commission Ethics Committee.