Status:
TERMINATED
Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Severely Depressed Inpatients
Lead Sponsor:
German Research Foundation
Conditions:
Major Depression
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
We examined the hypotheses that severely depressed inpatients treated for 5 weeks with IPT-S plus pharmacotherapy have 1) a higher reduction in depressive symptoms and 2) higher response- and remissio...
Detailed Description
A randomized controlled trial was conducted in 124 hospitalized patients with a DSM IV diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder comparing 5 weeks of Interpersonal Psychotherapy modified for depressed in...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Major Depression (single episode, recurrent or bipolar II) according to the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM IV (SCID)and a score of ≥ 16 on the 17-item version of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD)
Exclusion
- (1) concurrent diagnosis of bipolar I disorder, primary substance abuse or dependency, mental disorder due to organic factors, and borderline or antisocial personality disorder, (2) psychotic symptoms, (3) severe cognitive impairment, (4) contraindications to the study medication, and (5) being actively suicidal
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2000
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
August 1 2004
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00325000
Start Date
November 1 2000
End Date
August 1 2004
Last Update
December 20 2006
Active Locations (1)
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University Clinic Freiburg , Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 79104