Status:

COMPLETED

Escitalopram (Lexapro®) In Patients With Major Depression With Atypical Features

Lead Sponsor:

Duke University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Forest Laboratories

Conditions:

Atypical Depression

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Aims of Study: The aims of this study are 1) to examine the clinical utility of escitalopram in patients with major depression with atypical features; 2) to evaluate the tolerability of escitalopram ...

Detailed Description

Based on treatment outcome, longitudinal course, biologic and physiologic data, and family histories (Rabkin et al., 1996), the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fo...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • age 18 to 65 years,
  • DSM-IV episode of Major Depression non-psychotic with atypical features.
  • ≥19 score on the 29-item HAM-D,
  • ability to give informed consent, if patients are of child-bearing potential
  • A minimum 2-week washout from existing psychotropics (5 weeks for fluoxetine).

Exclusion

  • bipolar depression,
  • Any Axis I psychotic disorder
  • currently suicidal or suicide risk,
  • history of substance abuse in the previous 12 months,
  • history of hypersensitivity to escitalopram, or citalopram
  • serious or unstable medical disorders,
  • starting or terminating psychotherapy during the previous 12 weeks,
  • ECT treatment in the previous 3 months,
  • pregnancy or planning pregnancy.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

15 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00610506

Start Date

October 1 2005

End Date

May 1 2007

Last Update

May 31 2013

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Dept Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705