Status:
COMPLETED
Efficacy Study of Vortioxetine on Cognitive Dysfunction in Adult Patients With Major Depressive Disorder
Lead Sponsor:
H. Lundbeck A/S
Conditions:
Major Depressive Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a severe and common psychiatric disorder. Although MDD primarily involves mood disturbances, patients also usually present alterations in cognitive function (attenti...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The patient is an inpatient in a psychiatric hospital or an outpatient at a psychiatric setting at the time of the study entry.
- The patient is diagnosed with recurrent MDD according to DSM-IV-TR™ criteria (classification code 296.3x). The current Major Depressive Episode (MDE) should be confirmed using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI).
- The patient has received prescribed treatment for a previous episode of depression.
- The patient has a MADRS total score ≥26.
- The reported duration of the current MDE is at least 3 months.
Exclusion
- The patient has a score ≥70 on the DSST (number of correct symbols), or ≥42 on the RAVLT (learning) or ≥14 on the RAVLT (memory) at the Baseline Visit.
- The patient has any current Axis I disorder (DSM-IV-TR™ criteria) other than MDD, confirmed using the MINI.
- The patient has a current diagnosis or history of manic or hypomanic episode, schizophrenia or any other psychotic disorder, including major depression with psychotic features.
- The patient suffers from personality disorders, mental retardation, pervasive development disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, organic mental disorders, or mental disorders due to a general medical condition (DSM-IV-TR™ criteria).
- The patient has physical, cognitive, or language impairment of such severity as to adversely affect the validity of the data derived from the neuropsychological tests.
- The patient is diagnosed with reading disability (dyslexia).
- The patient is at significant risk of suicide or has a score ≥5 on Item 10 (suicidal thoughts) of the MADRS, or has attempted suicide \<6 months prior to the Screening Visit.
- The patient has received electroconvulsive therapy \<6 months prior to the Screening Visit.
- The current depressive symptoms are considered by the investigator to have been resistant to 2 adequate antidepressant treatments of at least 6 weeks duration each at the recommended dose.
- The patient has a history of moderate or severe head trauma (for example, loss of consciousness for more than 1 hour) or other neurological disorders or systemic medical diseases that are, in the opinion of the investigator, likely to affect central nervous system functioning.
- The patient has a history of cancer, other than basal cell or Stage 1 squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, that has not been in remission for \>5 years prior to the first drug dose.
- The patient has a clinically significant unstable illness, for example:
- cardiovascular disease
- seizure disorder or encephalopathy
- congestive heart failure
- cardiac hypertrophy
- arrhythmia
- bradycardia (pulse \<50 bpm)
- respiratory disease
- hepatic impairment or renal insufficiency
- metabolic disorder
- endocrinological disorder
- gastrointestinal disorder
- haematological disorder
- infectious disorder
- any clinically significant immunological condition
- dermatological disorder
- venereal disease
- The patient has, at the Screening Visit, an abnormal ECG that is, in the investigator's opinion, clinically significant.
- The patient is, in the investigator's opinion, unlikely to comply with the protocol or is unsuitable for any reason.
- The patient has previously been exposed to Vortioxetine.
- Other protocol-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria may apply.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
598 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01422213
Start Date
December 1 2011
Last Update
August 5 2014
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