Status:

UNKNOWN

Development of Escitalopram Genomic Device by Using Candidate Gene Approach and Genome-Wide Scanning

Lead Sponsor:

Samsung Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

H. Lundbeck A/S

Conditions:

Depression

Continuous Antidepressant Abuse

Eligibility:

All Genders

19-89 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

To reveal the genetic determinants of the treatment outcome of escitalopram in depressed patients (by using candidate gene approach and whole genome scanning).

Detailed Description

The purposes of this study are: 1. To reveal the genetic determinants of the treatment outcome of escitalopram in depressed patients (by using candidate gene approach and whole genome scanning) 2. To...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Eligible patients were enrolled in the clinical trials program of hte Samsung Medical Center Geropsychiatry and Affective Disorder Clinics(Seoul, Korea). They received a semistructured diagnostic interview, the Samsung Psychiatric Evaluation Schedule. The affective disorder section of the Samsung Psychiatric Evaluation Schedule uses the Korean version of the structured clinical interview for the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, Fourth edition.
  • interview with one more patient's family member for objective diagnosis and final diagnosis decision by agreements of two more psychiatric physicians

Exclusion

  • received psychotropic medication within 2 weeks of the study or fluoxetine within 4 weeks
  • potential study participants for pregnancy, significant medical conditions, abnormal laboratory baseline values, unstable psychiatric features(eg.suicidal), history of alcohol of drug dependence, seizures, head trauma with loss of consciousness, neurological illness, or concomitant Axis I psychiatric disorder.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

202 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00935246

Start Date

December 1 2008

End Date

December 1 2016

Last Update

December 31 2015

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Samsung Medical Center

Kangnam, Seoul, South Korea, 135-710