ong-term efficacy and safety of agomelatine in non-depressed out-patients with generalized anxiety disorder. A 26-week randomised double-blind placebo-controlled parallel group study following an open-label period of 16 weeks with agomelatine (25 mg/day with the possibility for blinded dose-adjustment to 50 mg/day)
- Conditions
- Generalized anxiety disorderMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN38094599
- Lead Sponsor
- Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier (France)
- Brief Summary
2012 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22901350
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 370
1. Aged over 18 years
2. Out-patients of both genders
3. Fulfilling the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders fourth edition (DSM-IV) criteria for GAD
1. Women of childbearing potential without effective contraception
2. Patients meeting DSM-IV-TR current diagnosis of psychiatric disorder other than GAD
3. Any clinically relevant abnormality detected during the physical examination, ECG or laboratory tests likely to interfere with the study conduct or evaluations
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to relapse
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Evaluation of anxiety (Hamilton rating scale for anxiety [HAM-A])<br>2. Safety