Status:

COMPLETED

Dichotic Listening as a Predictor of Medication Response in Depression

Lead Sponsor:

New York State Psychiatric Institute

Conditions:

Major Depressive Disorder

Dysthymia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

This study will recruit 100 depressed patients to test whether the previous finding of an association between treatment response (with treatment groups including placebo, imipramine, and fluoxetine) a...

Detailed Description

Preliminary data suggest that depressed patients with increased left hemispheric laterality of perceptual processing are unlikely to improve during 6 weeks' treatment with placebo, while being very re...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Ages between 18-65
  • Meets Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) criteria for current Major Depression, Dysthymia or Depression Not Otherwise Specified

Exclusion

  • Known Hearing impairment
  • Active suicidal ideation (history of suicide attempts will be evaluated on a case by case basis).
  • Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD), 21-item total score \>20
  • Current (past 6 months)alcohol and/or drug abuse or dependence
  • Medical condition likely to require intervention contraindicated with study medication (e.g., known arrhythmia likely to be exacerbated by Imipramine)
  • Bipolar I
  • Psychosis
  • Non-response to adequate trial of study medication (i.e., \> or = 4 weeks on \> or = bupropion 300mg/d, escitalopram 30mg/d, or imipramine 200mg/d)
  • Premenopausal women not using known effective birth control
  • Not currently depressed (whether considered due to current treatment or not)
  • History of seizure, seizure disorder, anorexia nervosa, or bulimia
  • Left-handed -

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

17 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00404755

Start Date

July 1 2006

End Date

August 1 2011

Last Update

April 30 2018

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New York State Psychiatric Institute

New York, New York, United States, 10032