Status:

TERMINATED

Effectiveness of IPT-G in Major Depression

Lead Sponsor:

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Conditions:

Depressive Disorder, Major

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Although antidepressants are the primary treatment for major depression, response and remission rates are unsatisfactory. The primary objective of this study is to identify if adding interpersonal gro...

Detailed Description

Patients presenting a current unipolar depression episode (BDI-II \> 18) without response to 2 adequate antidepressants trials (optimized by dose and time) will be randomly allocated to two arms: a) T...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Diagnosis of Major Depressive Episode evaluated by the MINI-plus instrument.
  • Patients attending the depression outpatient clinic (HCPorto Alegre) for 6 months or more
  • History of two previous appropriate antidepressant treatments (dose: equivalent of 75 mg / day of amitriptyline and time: the minimum of four weeks)
  • Beck Depression Inventory scores above 18.

Exclusion

  • Patients with bipolar disorder
  • Patients with substance abuse disorder,
  • Patients with risk of suicide
  • Patients with antisocial personality disorder
  • Patients with psychotic syndrome,
  • Patients with intellectual disability
  • Patients receiving some kind of psychotherapy at the present time and in the last four weeks.
  • Patients who are unable to communicate.
  • Patients with Dismissive Attachment Style

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 25 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 20 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

18 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04015206

Start Date

August 25 2019

End Date

March 20 2021

Last Update

March 25 2021

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Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 90035-903