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Pharmacogenomic Study to Predict Antidepressant Responsiveness in Depressed Patients

Not Applicable
Conditions
Depression
Adverse Reaction to Drug
Interventions
Drug: SSRI treated group
Drug: non-SSRI treated group
Registration Number
NCT00817375
Lead Sponsor
Samsung Medical Center
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether pharmacogenomic study predict antidepressant responsiveness in advance before the appearance of the drug effects until 4\~6 weeks after drug administration.

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is

1. to determine whether genomic effects on antidepressant response differed by class of drug,

2. whether genomic differences between drug responders and nonresponders predict the response of antidepressant and

3. to construct the prediction model for antidepressant treatment in order to aid to select the their genetically matching drugs.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1000
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Eligible patients were enrolled in the clinical trials program of hte Samsung Medical Center Geropsychiatry and Affective Disorder Clinics(Seoul, Korea). They received a semistructured diagnostic interview, the Samsung Psychiatric Evaluation Schedule. The affective disorder section of the Samsung Psychiatric Evaluation Schedule uses the Korean version of the structured clinical interview for the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, Fourth edition.
  2. interview with one more patient's family member for objective diagnosis and final diagnosis decision by agreements of two more psychiatric physicians
Exclusion Criteria
  1. received psychotropic medication within 2 weeks of the study or fluoxetine within 4 weeks
  2. potential study participants for pregnancy, significant medical conditions, abnormal laboratory baseline values, unstable psychiatric features(eg.suicidal), history of alcohol of drug dependence, seizures, head trauma with loss of consciousness, neurological illness, or concomitant Axis I psychiatric disorder.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
SSRI treated groupSSRI treated groupSSRI treated group is depressive patients treated with fluoxetine, paroxetine, or sertraline
non-SSRI treated groupnon-SSRI treated groupnon-SSRI treated group is depressive patients treated with milnacipran, venlafaxine, nortriptyline, or mirtazapine
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Antidepressant Response at 2,4,6 weeks A/E monitoring at 1,2,4,6 weeks6 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Biological value at 0 and 6 weeks6weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Samsung Medical Center

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Kangnam, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

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