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Biomarkers of Antidepressant Resistance

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Depression
Interventions
Other: olfactive tests
Biological: blood test
Biological: Collection of faeces
Device: Tissue Pulsatility imaging
Registration Number
NCT03118193
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Tours
Brief Summary

According to the WHO, major depressive disorders have become the second worldwide cause of disability. Treatment, long-term medication, leads to frequent resistance (up to 40%).

Establishing a cerebral molecular signature of depression is not feasible in humans (need for cerebral samples). The alternative is to use peripheral biological samples (blood, urine, saliva).

Metabolomic is the integrated and quantitative study of all the metabolites of a biological system. This aims to define the metabolic status of an organism for a particular condition.

Metabolites are derived from biological extracts (cells, tissues, serum, plasma, urine, etc.) and are detected by:

* liquid or gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (LC-MS, GC-MS),

* proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1 H-NMR). The biomarkers resulting from these studies have become important diagnostic criteria, measured objectively and evaluated as indicators of a normal or pathological state, or even predictors of treatment efficacy.

This approach allows the discovery of biomarkers that best describe the status of a disease for better understanding and are usable in a context of individualized medicine, with effects on clinical practice and management.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  • between 18-60 years-old
  • major depressive disorder, confirmed by Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI)
  • no bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, confirmed by MINI
  • no neurological dementia disease
  • able to perform olfactive tests, i.e. no anosmia and/or allergy to odors
  • score MADRS (Montgomery AsbergDepression Rating Scale) >20
  • no antidepressant treatment during 14 days before inclusion
  • informed written consent
  • affiliation to a social security system
Exclusion Criteria
  • patient who don't want any antidepressant treatment for this depressive episode
  • legal incapacity and/or any circumstances making the person unable to understand the trial features, purposes or consequences
  • participating to drug clinical study or in exclusion period of clinical study because of previous participation
  • pregnant woman

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Depressive patientblood testolfactive tests ; blood test ; optional: Tissue Pulsatility imaging ; optional: Collection of faeces
Depressive patientCollection of faecesolfactive tests ; blood test ; optional: Tissue Pulsatility imaging ; optional: Collection of faeces
Depressive patientTissue Pulsatility imagingolfactive tests ; blood test ; optional: Tissue Pulsatility imaging ; optional: Collection of faeces
Depressive patientolfactive testsolfactive tests ; blood test ; optional: Tissue Pulsatility imaging ; optional: Collection of faeces
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
metabolic print of blood2 months

Metabolome of blood

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
olfactive identification2 months

Olfactive response: odor identification

Mean measures of brain pulsatility2 months

Mean brain pulsatility

Olfactory threshold2 months

Olfactive response: olfactory threshold

Metabolic print of faces2 months

Metabolome of faeces

olfactive discrimination2 months

Olfactive response: odor discrimination

Maximal measures of brain pulsatility2 months

Maximal brain pulsatility

Microbiote of faeces2 months

Bacteria of faeces

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU Tours

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Tours, France

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