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临床试验/EUCTR2007-006609-25-DE
EUCTR2007-006609-25-DE进行中(未招募)不适用

Effects of selective serotonin re-uptake inhibition on morbidity, mortality and mood in Depressed Heart Failure patients - MOOD-HF

Julius Maximilians Universität Würzburg0 个研究点开始时间: 2008年3月27日最近更新:
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不适用
状态
进行中(未招募)
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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

  • Patients must meet ALL of the following criteria:
  • Age >= 18 years
  • Chronic systolic heart failure of any etiology with
  • - current NYHA class II-IV and
  • - at least one measurement of LVEF < 45% by echocardiography or laevocardio-graphy or cardio-MRT within the preceding three months
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV diagnosis of current major DEP based on the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID48).
  • Provision of written informed consent.
  • Are the trial subjects under 18? no
  • Number of subjects for this age range:
  • F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
  • F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 274
  • F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
  • F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 140

排除标准

  • Recent history of acute myocardial infarction (<3 months)
  • Acute cardiac decompensation
  • Recent (< 3 months) or planned major cardiac surgery (<12 months)
  • Advanced renal failure (MDRD < 30ml/min)
  • Moderate or severe hepatic insufficiency (plasma levels of serum transaminases >threefold of the upper level of the normal range) or manifest hepatic failure
  • Thyreotoxicosis
  • Other medical contraindication against treatment with SSRI
  • Significantly reduced life expectancy due to other comorbidity (e.g. malignancy)
  • Use of any antidepressants including SSRI, lithium or anti-convulsants for mood disorder in adequate dosage, with sufficiently long duration of antidepressive treatment and clinical outcome
  • Currently undergoing any form of psychotherapy
  • Absence of response to a previous adequate trial of escitalopram treatment
  • Life time history of early termination (<8 weeks) of escitalopram treatment because of adverse events or side effects
  • Life time history of early termination (< 8 weeks) of other SSRI (e.g. sertraline, citalo-pram) treatment because of adverse events or side effects
  • SCID documented bipolar affective disorder
  • Major DEP with psychotic features
  • Evidence of substance abuse or dependency during the previous 12 months
  • Moderate and severe dementia (MMSE < 18)
  • Serious risk of imminent suicide based on clinical judgment
  • Participation in another clinical trial
  • Inability to comply with PHQ-9 and/or SCID testing and/or telephone monitoring for mental or linguistic reasons or lack of access to telephone
  • Pregnancy or nursing period
  • Women with child bearing potential without effective contraception during the conduct of the trial
  • Expected low compliance with the visit schedule or telephone monitoring (e.g., due to comorbidity or travel distance to the trial site)
  • Patients with normal ventricular activation (no bundle branch block (total or incomplete), no other intraventricular conduction delay and no pacemaker) and known QTc* prolongation
  • = 500 ms OR inborn long QT syndrome
  • Patients with current treatment with drugs inducing QT prolongation, such as antiarrhythmic drugs class IA and III, anti-psychotics, tricyclic antidepressants

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发起方
Julius Maximilians Universität Würzburg

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