An Eight-Week, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Study With Escitalopram (10mg qd) as Positive Control, Evaluating the Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability of a Fixed Dose of SR58611A (350 mg q12) in Outpatients With Generalized Anxiety Disorder
试验速览
- 阶段
- 3 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- Sanofi
- 入组人数
- 360
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- 14-item Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) total score
研究概览
简要总结
To evaluate the efficacy of a fixed dose of SR58611A (350mg q12) compared to placebo in patients with GeneralizedAnxiety Disorder (GAD) using escitalopram (10 mg qd) as positive control. To evaluate the tolerability and safety of SR58611A in patients with GAD.
详细描述
The current study will be conducted to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of SR58611A (350 mg q12) compared to placebo in patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), using escitalopram (10 mg qd) as a positive control. This is an 8-week, double-blind, randomized, 3-parallel-group, placebo- and escitalopram-controlled, study.A 1-week, placebo, single-blind period precedes the 8-week randomized treatment period. A Safety Follow up Visit (Segment C) is scheduled 1 week after the acute treatmentperiod (Segment B) or early termination. This trial is designed to compare the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of SR58611A to placebo. In this study, escitalopram, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant, is used as a positive control and has been chosen as the comparator agentas it is approved for treatment of GAD at a dose of 10 mg once daily.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Main inclusion criteria:
- •Out-patients, 18 year and older.
- •Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) according toDSM-IV-TR criteria / MINI.
- •Minimum total score of 20 on the 14-item HamiltonAnxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A)
排除标准
- •Main exclusion criteria:
- •Patients with a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder within 6 months of study entry.
- •Patients with a Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) total score of 18 or higher
- •Patients who are assessed to have a moderate to high current risk for suicide according to the MINI, or at imminent risk for a suicide attempt
- •Patients with other current anxiety disorder (within 6 months) assessed with the MINI:- Agoraphobia, social phobia,- Panic disorder,- Obsessive compulsive disorder,- Post-traumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder.
- •Patients with a lifetime history according to the MINI of:- Bipolar disorders,- Psychotic disorders,- Antisocial Personality Disorder.
- •Patients with a current history according to the MINI of:- Anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa in the past 6 months,- Alcohol dependence or abuse or substance dependence or abuse in the past 12 months except nicotine or caffeine dependence.
- •Patients who have received non-pharmacologic, somatic treatments for psychiatric disease
- •Patients who have initiated, stopped, or changed the frequency or nature of psychotherapy within 3 months prior to screening.
结局指标
主要结局
14-item Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) total score
次要结局
- Change from baseline in Clinical Global Impression (CGI)
- Severity of Illness score
- Safety assessments