Status:

TERMINATED

Relapse Prevention With Escitalopram or Nortriptyline Following Electro-Convulsive Treatment (DUAG-7)

Lead Sponsor:

Hillerod Hospital, Denmark

Conditions:

Major Depression

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the relapse preventing efficacy of escitalopram in a dose range and nortriptylin in a single dose in patients having been treated successfully with a c...

Detailed Description

This study records severity of depression and relapse in patients treated for a major depressive disorder with electroconvulsive treatment (ECT)in a period og 6 month after end of ECT treatment. Patie...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Remission from a major depressive episode after ECT treatment

Exclusion

  • Suicidality (Hamilton item 3 score of 3 or more)
  • Symptoms mania (MAS score of 15 or more)
  • Duration of actual depressive episode more than 2 years
  • Compulsory measures of any kind
  • Dementia
  • Severe somatic illness
  • Pregnant or lactating subject
  • Known clinical relevant malabsorption.
  • Epilepsia
  • Clinically substantial cognitive deterioration due to ECT treatment
  • schizophrenia, schizopreniform or schizo-affective disorder
  • Bipolar I, Bipolar II eller
  • Rapid cycling bipolar disorder
  • Abuse of alcohol or drugs
  • Early relapse (less than 2 month) after ECT
  • Inadequate contraception
  • Known intolerance to any of the used study medications
  • Myocardial infarction in the last 6 month
  • Clinical important liver disease
  • Any known disturbance of the cardiac conduction system, cardiac insufficiency,or other clinical important cardiac disease
  • Treatment with a MAO-inhibitor
  • Treatment with norepinephrine or epinephrine
  • Known hyperthyroidism or treatment with thyroid hormones
  • Known ortostatic hypertension.
  • Glaucoma
  • Known hereditary galactoseintolerance, Lapp Lactase deficiency) or gluco-se/galactosemalabsorption.
  • Ongoing treatment with sympatomimetica efedrine, isoprenaline, physostigmine, dopamine, levodopa, phenylephrine.
  • Ongoing treatment with anticholinergica, antiparkinson treatment, antihistamines, atropine, biperiden,
  • Ongoing treatment with drugs that prolongs the cardiac QT-interval, such as quinidine, antihistamines, terfenadine og sotalole
  • Ongoing treatment with fluconazole or terbinafine
  • Ongoing treatment with mefloquin.
  • Known intolerance to escitalopram
  • Ongoing treatment with serotonergic acting substances such as tramadole, sumatriptane

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

47 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00660062

Start Date

August 1 2009

End Date

November 1 2014

Last Update

December 9 2014

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Mental Health Centre Copenhagen Department O

Copenhagenl, Denmark, 2100 Ø