Status:
COMPLETED
Efficacy of Aerobic Exercise Added to Alprazolam in Panic Disorder Treatment
Lead Sponsor:
University of Buenos Aires
Conditions:
Panic Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-60 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the combination of aerobic physical exercise and alprazolam in patients with panic disorder has a better therapeutic response than the treatment with ...
Detailed Description
We have observed in our clinical practice that patients who practiced aerobic physical exercise had faster remissions and better improvement in their treatments that those who did not. There are also ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with panic disorder scored between 20 and 30 by the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale/14. (Baseline scale scores were measured during the first interview and diagnoses were made by a psychiatrist using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM IV).
- Good physical health and normal results determined on a previous physical examination and routine laboratory tests (renal, hepatic, hematological and thyroid function).
- Patients who completed a written informed consent form (which was obtained from every included patient and had been fully explained before the procedure).
Exclusion
- A history of some kind of recent somatic disease.
- Diagnosis of some other type of associated or psychiatric disease of axis I of DSM IV, such as affective disorders, drug dependency.
- Hamilton Anxiety Scale lower than 20 points or higher than 30.
- Use of some other type of medication or treatment (including psychotherapy) or having received it during last past 3 months.
- Patients who could not complete the clinical examination
- Patients who have not accepted to complete or sign the written informed consent.
- Pregnant patients or in lactation. (A pregnancy test was performed for women in fertile age)
- Patients with history of rejection to the used drug.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 30 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
150 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00803400
Start Date
October 1 2008
End Date
September 30 2009
Last Update
August 19 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Psychiatry Academic Unit at J.A.Fernandez Hospital, University of Buenos Aires Medicine School Department of Mental Health
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina, 1425