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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12622000777796
ACTRN12622000777796Terminated未知

A randomised placebo-controlled trial examining the efficacy and safety of an adjunct herbal medicine formulation in patients with major depressive disorder and poor response to anti-depressant therapy

Integria Healthcare (Australia) Pty. Ltd.0 sites96 target enrollmentStarted: May 31, 2022Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
未知
Status
Terminated
Sponsor
Enrollment
96

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to 65 Years (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • Adults (18-65 years) with previously diagnosed depression
  • - Presents with moderate to severe depression BDI-II score >20 at time of study entry
  • - Currently taking one of the following anti-depressant types: SSRI, SNRI, alpha-2 agonists (mirtazapine), or bupropion.

Exclusion Criteria

  • - Concomitant diagnosis of other DSM-IV mental disorder including but not limited to: personality disorder, substance-related or addictive disorders, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia; or any other neuro-cognitive disorders
  • - Diagnosed with any of the following medical conditions: cancer (if active within last 10 years), liver or gallbladder disease, kidney disease, neurological disease, advanced type-2 diabetic neuropathy, currently unwell with acute infection or fever
  • - Abnormal laboratory values (clinically significant abnormal values will result in exclusion)
  • - In poor general health
  • - Taking any of the following medications: MAOIs (reversible or non-reversible) or tricyclic anti-depressants; any type of neuro-active medications, i.e. mood stabilisers, stimulants, anti-psychotics; warfarin, anti-platelet or anti-coagulant medications; talinolol
  • - Current use of specified complementary medicines including, but not limited to; St John’s wort, SAMe, 5-HTP, folic acid >500 mcg/d, omega-3 containing >180 mg EPA/d, zinc >15 mg/d (in such cases a four week washout can be employed before re-screening and potential inclusion)
  • - Change in anti-depressant medication or dose within the previous four weeks
  • - Patients with suicidal ideation (4 or higher on MADRS suicidal thoughts domain) at time of study entry
  • - Three or more failed trials of pharmacotherapy or somatic therapy for the current major depressive episode
  • - More than ten years of medicated major depressive disorder in current episode
  • - Recently commenced psychotherapy (>4 weeks of stable treatment acceptable)
  • - Pregnancy or breastfeeding or planned pregnancy
  • - Allergy/sensitivity to study drugs or their formulations.

Investigators

Sponsor
Integria Healthcare (Australia) Pty. Ltd.

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