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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON38861
NL-OMON38861
Completed
Not Applicable

PET imaging of neuroinflammation in treatment resistant major depressive disorder - TRD-inflammation

niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen0 sites60 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Chronic Depression
Sponsor
niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Enrollment
60
Status
Completed
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Observational invasive

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • \- Age above 18 and below 50 years
  • \- Written informed consent for participation
  • \- Diagnosis of MDD as ascertained by structured Clinical Interview for DSM\-IV (SCID\-I) or MiniScan.
  • \- HDRS\-17 \>20
  • \- High level of treatment resistance/refractoriness (Ruhe et al. 2012\) as defined by non\-response (\<50% decrease in symptoms) after \>3 classes of antidepressants, given for at least 4 weeks at at least minimal effective dosages. The last antidepressant may be continued during the study.;Healthy controls
  • \- Age above 18 and below 50 years
  • \- Written informed consent for participation

Exclusion Criteria

  • \- The use of benzodiazepines within 1 week prior to the PET\-scan (benzodiazepines with half\-lives \>24hrs must be stopped \>5 times this half live before the PET\-scan).
  • \- The use of anticoagulants or having coagulation disorder.
  • \- Use of somatic medication that may affect the immune system (e.g. corticoids, anti\-inflammatory drugs, immune suppressive drugs)
  • \- Use of any investigational drug
  • \- Current or recent (\<1 year) alcohol or substance abuse
  • \- Current or recent (\<4 weeks) infectious or inflammatory disease
  • \- Current systemic disease
  • \- Somatic, organic or neurological disorder
  • \- Claustrophobia
  • \- Presence of materials in the body that can be magnetized, like a pacemaker, metal fragments, shunts, artificial heart valves, vascular clips, fixed hearing aid, tattoos containing metal, hair implants and artificial dentures.;Healty controls

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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