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临床试验/EUCTR2008-008280-96-DE
EUCTR2008-008280-96-DE进行中(未招募)不适用

Randomised clinical trial comparing early medication change (EMC) strategy with treatment as usual (TAU) in patients with Major Depressive Disorder – the EMC trial. - EMC

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Mainz0 个研究点目标入组 940 人开始时间: 2009年7月14日最近更新:
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阶段
不适用
状态
进行中(未招募)
发起方
入组人数
940

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研究设计

研究类型
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

入排标准

性别
All

入选标准

  • Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), first episode or recurrent, according to DSM-IV
  • A HAMD17 score of =18 pts.
  • Age between 18 and 65 years and age = 60 years at the time of the first depressive episode
  • Ability of subject to understand character and individual consequences of clinical trial
  • Signed and dated informed consent of the subject must be available before start of any specific trial procedures.
  • Are the trial subjects under 18? no
  • Number of subjects for this age range: 0
  • F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
  • F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 940
  • F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) no
  • F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range

排除标准

  • Acute risk of suicide needing an intervention not comprised by protocol treatment (e.g. electroconvulsive therapy)
  • Patients with a lifetime DSM-IV diagnosis of dementia, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder
  • Patients with a current DSM-IV diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorder, or eating disorder and the requirement of a treatment not comprised by protocol treatment.
  • Patients with DSM-IV substance dependency requiring acute detoxification.
  • Depression due to organic brain disorder, e.g. Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s Disease
  • Women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant during the trial
  • Women who are not sterile by surgery or for more than two years postmenopausal or women with childbearing potential who not practicing a medically accepted contraception during trial (reliable contraception are systemic contraceptives (oral, implant, injection), diaphragm or condoms with spermicide, sexual abstinence)
  • A clear history of non-response to an adequate treatment trial in the current major depressive episode to any protocol antidepressant
  • Patients currently taking antidepressant medication, which has been started within the 2-4 weeks prior to study begin and a continuation of this antidepressant medication is clinically indicated
  • Medical or psychological condition that contraindicates the use of an investigational drug
  • History of hypersensitivity to the investigational medicinal product or to any drug with similar chemical structure or to any excipient present in the pharmaceutical form of the investigational medicinal product
  • Clinically significant or unstable medical or surgical condition that may preclude safe and complete study participation. Such conditions may include gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, vascular disease (particularly brady- and tachyarrhythmia, QT interval prolongation, congenital long QT syndrome, Torsades de pointes, heart failure NYHA class IV, myocardial infarction), pulmonary/respiratory, hepatic impairment, renal, metabolic diseases (particularly hypokalaemia or hypomagnesaemia), endocrinological, neurological, immune-deficiency, hematopoietic disease, or malignancies as determined by medical history, physical examination, or laboratory tests.
  • Participation in other clinical trials during the present clinical trial or within the last 6 months
  • Medical or psychological condition that would not permit signing of informed consent

研究者

发起方
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Mainz

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