Status:

UNKNOWN

Study of the Telomere-telomerase System and the Expression of Candidate Genes in the Leukocytes of Patients With Depressive Disorder: Search for Peripheral Markers of Somatic Stress

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

Conditions:

Depressive Disorder

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The mechanisms of oxidative stress and inflammation involved in mood disorders are factors of chronicity and severity. These mechanisms induce a phenomenon of accelerated cellular senescence and are r...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Persons who have given their written informed consent
  • absence of a diagnosis of major depressive disorder throughout the study and no history of psychiatric disorders
  • diagnosis of a first episode of a major depressive disorder
  • diagnosis of a recurrent major depressive disorder (at least three episodes) with or without resistance to therapy
  • Remarks:
  • the diagnosis of major depressive disorder with characteristics of melancholy must be clearly mentioned in the case report form but is not a reason for not being included in the study
  • the presence of a recent or older attempted suicide must lead to a careful clinical assessment of the diagnosis of depressive disorder and must be clearly mentioned in the case report form.

Exclusion

  • Persons not covered by the national Health Insurance Agency
  • Psychotic or bipolar disorders
  • Severe personality disorders
  • cardiovascular disease, proven inflammatory disease and cancer
  • persons unable to give their consent personally,
  • persons in emergency situations,
  • pregnant women,
  • breast-feeding women

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01903655

Start Date

April 1 2010

Last Update

July 19 2013

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CHU de Dijon

Dijon, France, 21079