Status:

COMPLETED

Prozac Treatment of Major Depression: Discontinuation Study

Lead Sponsor:

New York State Psychiatric Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

Massachusetts General Hospital

Conditions:

Major Depression

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

This study randomized two stratifications of acute phase MDD SSRI responders, categorized as having either "true drug" response or "placebo response" pattern, to continuation with SSRI vs placebo in a...

Detailed Description

This study enrolled 627 subjects with Major Depressive illness at New York State Psychiatric Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital. Subjects were treated with fluoxetine 10-60mg over a 12 week ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • men and women ages 18-65
  • meets criteria for DSM IV Major Depression
  • signs informed consent and able to comply with study

Exclusion

  • pregnant women and women of child-bearing potential who are not using a medically accepted means of contraception.
  • women taking oral contraceptives, the initiation of which was temporally associated with the onset of depression; women who are breast-feeding.
  • Patients with serious suicidal risk, including any patient who became suicidal with previous discontinuation of an antidepressant.
  • Patients with a history of seizure disorder.
  • Patients with unstable physical disorders (cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, respiratory, endocrine, neurologic, or hematologic) or any physical disorder judged to significantly affect CNS function.
  • Patients meeting criteria for the following DSM-IV diagnoses: organic mental disorders; substance use disorders, including alcohol, active within the last 6 months; schizophrenia; delusional disorder; psychotic disorders; bipolar disorder; antisocial personality disorder; or presence of psychotic features
  • Patients with a history of non-response to an adequate trial of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor in a past or current depressive episode, defined as a four-week trial of a minimum of 40mg/day of fluoxetine or paroxetine, or 100mg/day of sertraline.
  • Concurrent use of exclusionary drugs
  • Clinical or laboratory evidence of hypothyroidism without adequate stable replacement (eg, low total T4 or elevated TSH by a high sensitivity method).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 1995

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2003

Estimated Enrollment :

627 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00427128

Start Date

November 1 1995

End Date

March 1 2003

Last Update

December 15 2011

Active Locations (2)

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Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114

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New York State Psychiatric Institute

New York, New York, United States, 10032