Status:

UNKNOWN

Integral Assessment in Unipolar Depression

Lead Sponsor:

University of Sao Paulo

Conditions:

Major Depressive Disorder

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The objective of this project is to assess the occurrence of early improvement within the first two weeks of antidepressant treatment and to correlate this improvement with favorable therapeutic outco...

Detailed Description

An ongoing debate, as long-running as treatment with antidepressants itself, is the delay in response to these drugs. Antidepressant drugs take 2 to 4 weeks to produce the treatment response effect (a...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients Presenting Depressive Episode according to DSM-IV-TR

Exclusion

  • Patients presenting: psychotic symptoms, Axis 1 comorbidities (except specific phobia, specific social phobia and nicotine dependence) or risk of suicide (defined as score = 3 on item 3 of the 17-item HAMD or at the discretion of rater);
  • Other exclusion criteria are having a serious or unstable medical condition, including cardiovascular, hepatic, endocrinologic, neurological or renal conditions.
  • Clinically significant abnormalities on laboratory or ECG exams or those which, in the investigator ́s opinion, indicate a serious medical issue, require a major intervention or may interfere in the antidepressant treatment, also constitute grounds for exclusion.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02268487

Start Date

January 1 2014

End Date

January 1 2017

Last Update

December 11 2015

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Insitute of Psychiatry of the University of São Paulo

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil