Status:

UNKNOWN

Development of A Technique to Predict Antidepressant Responsiveness in Depressive Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Samsung Medical Center

Conditions:

Depression

Continuous Antidepressant Abuse

Eligibility:

All Genders

19-89 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

First, the investigators examined the functional relevance of serotonin transporter polymorphisms by quantifying the activity of serotonin transporter in blood platelets of genotyped healthy volunteer...

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is 1. to determine whether serotonin transporter genotypic or functional differences between depressive patients and normal controls were existed. 2. to determine the relati...

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 :

October 1 1999

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

300 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01237275

Start Date

October 1 1999

End Date

December 1 2016

Last Update

December 31 2015

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Samsung Medical Center

Kangnam, Seoul, South Korea