Status:

COMPLETED

Hippocampal Volume in Young Patients With Major Depression Before and After Combined Antidepressive Therapy

Lead Sponsor:

University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School

Conditions:

Depressive Disorder, Major

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The proposed study is a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of antidepressant combination for the treatment of depression. Depressive disorder is on...

Detailed Description

Background Information Combining antidepressants is a well-established medical procedure for the treatment of therapy refractory depression, that may also be applied successfully under non-refractory...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Women and men aged 18-55 years
  • Moderate to severe depressive episode according to ICD10-criteria ICD10:F32.1, F32.2, F33.1, F33.2) and MADRS-sum value \>=18 points

Exclusion

  • Bipolar affective disorder incl. BD-II.
  • Psychiatric or neurologic comorbidity.
  • Depression with psychotic symptoms.
  • Pregnancy or lactation period.
  • Significant cardiovascular or gastrointestinal disease.
  • Severe dysfunction of liver (defined according to Child-Pugh-Criteria (\>=Child A)) or kidney (defined according to KDIGO stage I (albuminuria \>=30mg/g).
  • Known and proven pharmacoresistance.
  • Proven contraindication against MRI (e.g. pacemaker).
  • Known incompatibility against one of the substances used.
  • Intake of irreversible inhibitors of monoamine oxidase (MAOI, e.g. tranylcypromine) during last 14 days.
  • Known phenylketonuria.
  • Women with childbearing potential not using a highly effective method of birth control (e.g. implants, injectables, combined oral contraceptives, some IUDs, sexual abstinence or vasectomised partner).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00150839

Start Date

March 1 2006

End Date

December 1 2009

Last Update

December 14 2020

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Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany, 91054