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Agomelatine in Depressed Patients With Fibromyalgia

Completed
Conditions
Major Depression
Fibromyalgia
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT01731899
Lead Sponsor
Universidad de Granada
Brief Summary

Depression and unrefreshed sleep are frequent in patients with fibromyalgia. Agomelatine is a new antidepressant with sleep-promoting properties. The objective of this study include the assessment of agomelatine therapy in patients with depression and fibromyalgia both on the severity of depressive symptomatology and sleep quality.

Detailed Description

One of the most frequent comorbidities of fibromyalgia is major depression. Agomelatine is a new antidepressant whose mechanims of action include both agonism at melatonin receptores and 5-HT2C blocking properties which, in addition to antidepressant efficacy, has shown sleep-improving properties. As unrefreshed sleep is a common symptom in fibromyalgia we hypothetized that agomelatine treatment of patients with concomitant depression and fibromyalgia could improve both depressive symtomatology and sleep quality. Thus, the objectives of the present study are the following:

* to assess the effectiveness and tolerability of agomelatine on the severity of depressive symptomatology in patients with fibromyalgia and concomitatnt depresssion

* to evaluate the effect of agomelatine treatment on sleep quality in these patients

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
27
Inclusion Criteria
  • adult patients
  • diagnosed of fibromyalgia according to the American College of Rheumatology criteria
  • diagnosed of major depression according to the DSM-IV criteria with a BDI-II score equal or higher tahn 20
Exclusion Criteria
  • other psychiastric concomitant illness
  • pregnancy or lactation
  • patients previously treated with agomelatine with little or no effect

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
agomelatineagomelatinepatients diagnosed of fibromyalgia and concomitant major depression receiving agomelatine for this later disease
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
change, from baseline to endpoint, in the Beck's depression inventory score12 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
change, from baseline to endpoint, in the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Inventory12 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Instituto de Neurociencias

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Granada, Spain

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