ECT and Memantine.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Electroconvulsive therapyCognitive side effectsMemantineElectroconvulsieve therapieCognitieve bijwerkingenMemantineDepression Depressie
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON27602
- Lead Sponsor
- Parnassia Psychomedical Center The HagueErasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, dept of Psychiatry
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
DSM-IV criteria for unipolar or bipolar depression and a clinical indication for electroconvulsive
treatment (ECT).
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with organic brain syndrome, Mini-Mental State Exam score lower than 24, schizophrenia,
schizoaffective disorder, use of lithium or inadequate command of the Dutch language will be excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Scores on a standard cognitive testbattery. This test is administered before, during and after ECT and at follow-up. This testbattery has been proven to be sensitive to cognitive side-effects of<br>depression and also for the ECT effects in depression.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method