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Clinical Trials/EUCTR2006-002411-27-BE
EUCTR2006-002411-27-BE
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable

Evaluation of the effect of escitalopram on cognitive and fine motor function in depressed elderly patients.

niversitair Psychiatrisch Centrum KU Leuven0 sites40 target enrollmentSeptember 27, 2006

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
niversitair Psychiatrisch Centrum KU Leuven
Enrollment
40
Status
Active, not recruiting
Last Updated
14 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
September 27, 2006
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
14 years ago
Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversitair Psychiatrisch Centrum KU Leuven

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • In\- and outpatients
  • Depressed patients, MDD, DSM IV\-TR, single episode or recurrent
  • Elderly patients \> 65 years
  • MMSE score \> 24
  • Are the trial subjects under 18? no
  • Number of subjects for this age range:
  • F.1\.2 Adults (18\-64 years) no
  • F.1\.2\.1 Number of subjects for this age range
  • F.1\.3 Elderly (\>\=65 years) yes
  • F.1\.3\.1 Number of subjects for this age range

Exclusion Criteria

  • The patient suffers from any condition (e.g. Parkinson's disease, dementia, psychotic disorders, mental retardation, substance\- or alcohol abuse, organic mental disorders, or mental disorders due to a general medical condition as defined in the DSM\-IV\-TR) that might effect cognitive or fine motor processes or compromise the study in another way.
  • The patient presents a personality disorder that might compromise the study.
  • The patient has a serious illness and/or serious sequelae thereof, including liver or renal insufficiency, or a cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, endocrine, neurological (including epilepsy), infectious, neoplastic, or metabolic disturbance. (If there is a history of such disease but the condition has been stable for at least one year and is judged by the investigator not to render inclusion unsafe and not to interfere with the patient’s participation in the study, the patient may be included).
  • The patient uses the following disallowed recent or concomitant medication within the specified time periods:
  • \-any antidepressant within the last week (5 weeks for fluoxetine, 2 weeks for fluvoxamine) prior to baseline.
  • \-monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) or reversible monoamine oxidase A inhibitors (RIMAs) within 2 weeks prior to baseline.
  • \-any drug used for augmentation of antidepressant action within the last week prior to baseline.
  • \-any anxiolytics (including benzodiazepines) within the last week prior to baseline.
  • \-any hypnotics within the last week prior to baseline, except zolpidem, zopiclone or zaleplon which can be prescribed episodically for insomnia.
  • \-oral antipsychotics within 2 weeks or depot antipsychotics within 6 months prior to baseline.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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