Assessment of Efficacy, Safety and Effects on Quality of Life of Deep Brain Stimulation to the Medial Forebrain Bundle in Patients With Treatment Resistant Major Depression (FORESEE II: FOREbrain Stimulation dEprEssion)
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Major Depression
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bonn
- Enrollment
- 16
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Depression Severity assessed with Montgomery Asberg Depression Scale (MADRS)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The investigators will investigate in a sham controlled staggered onset design antidepressant effects and safety of deep brain stimulation (DBS) to the superolateral branch of the main medial forebrain bundle (slMFB).
Detailed Description
The target point for DBS in major depression disorder is located lateral to the ventral tegmental area (VTA) in the midbrain at the branching point of the superolateral branch (slMFB) from the main medial forebrain bundle (MFB). The exact stimulation coordinates are: Montreal Neurologic Institute brain 152 coordinates (MNI152 coordinates): left: x(lat.)=-5, y(ap)=-14, z(vert.)=-8 right: x(lat.)=5, y(ap)=-14, z(vert.)=-9 Mid-commissural point coordinates (MCP coordinates): eft: x(lat.)=-6, y(ap)=-1, z(vert.)=-6 right: x(lat.)=4, y(ap)=-1, z(vert.)=-7 All coordinates refer to the MNI152 brain. Legend: slMFB = superolateral branch of medial forebrain bundle lat. = lateral, ap= anteroposterior, vert. = vertical. More information can be found at: http://goo.gl/n9sWV
Investigators
Thomas E. Schlaepfer, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
University Hospital, Bonn
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Major depression (MD), severe, unipolar
- •German mother tongue
- •Age 20 to 75 Years
- •Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HRSD24) score of \> 21
- •Global Assessment of Function (GAF) score of \< 45
- •At least 4 episodes of depression or chronic episode \> 2 years
- •Failure to respond to
- •adequate trials (\>5 weeks at the maximum recommended or tolerated dose) of primary antidepressants from at least 3 different classes;
- •adequate trials (\>3 weeks at the usually recommended or maximum tolerated dose) of augmentation/combination of a primary antidepressant using at least 2 different augmenting/combination agents (lithium, T3, stimulants, neuroleptics, anticonvulsants, buspirone, or a second primary antidepressant);
- •an adequate trial of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) (\>6 bilateral treatments) and; an adequate trial of individual psychotherapy (\>20 sessions with an experienced psychotherapist)
Exclusion Criteria
- •Current or past non-affective psychotic disorder
- •Any current clinically significant neurological disorder or medical illness affecting brain function, other than motor tics or Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
- •Any clinically significant abnormality on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- •Any surgical contraindications to undergoing DBS
- •Current or unstably remitted substance abuse (aside from nicotine)
- •Pregnancy and women of childbearing age not using effective contraception
- •History of severe personality disorder
- •Acute suicidal tendency
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Depression Severity assessed with Montgomery Asberg Depression Scale (MADRS)
Time Frame: 6 and 12 month after DBS stimulation onset
Change in MADRS after 6 and 12 months as compared to mean baseline score and one month placebo treatment. MADRS is a ten-item diagnostic questionnaire which psychiatrists use to measure the severity of depressive episodes in patients with mood disorders. It is used as an adjunct to the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD) and more sensitive to the changes in depression than the Hamilton Scale is.
Secondary Outcomes
- Depression Severity rated with Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS24)(6 and 12 month after DBS stimulation onset)