Status:

COMPLETED

Anxiety and Depression in Epilepsy: A Treatment Study

Lead Sponsor:

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Conditions:

Anxiety

Depression

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

As a potential solution to address high rates of depression and anxiety seen in epilepsy patients and poor mental health care access, this randomized trial aims to study treatment for anxiety and depr...

Detailed Description

This trial is an innovative learning healthcare system approach to translate the concept of measurement-based depression care into a specialty clinic setting and extend the concept to treat depression...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
  • Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study
  • Age 18 or older
  • Ability to take oral medication and the willing to adhere to the intervention regimen
  • Minimum of 1 prior clinic visit at the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
  • Ability to complete questionnaires independently
  • Diagnosis of epilepsy: EEG with documented seizure or epileptiform discharges OR non-epileptiform EEG and seizure remission with antiseizure drug OR treating epileptologist's leading clinical impression is epilepsy
  • (Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for epilepsy, NDDI-E score greater than 15 and/or Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, GAD-7 score greater than or equal to 10

Exclusion

  • Pregnancy or lactation
  • Known allergic reactions to escitalopram or venlafaxine
  • Comorbid psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
  • Prior psychiatric hospitalization
  • Prior suicide attempt
  • History of manic or psychotic symptoms (past manic episode (SCID-I), or psychotic symptom screen positive)
  • Current treatment by a psychiatrist or counselor/therapist
  • Active suicidality at the time of screening
  • Current treatment with buspirone or an SSRI/SNRI/atypical antidepressant (specifically bupropion, fluoxetine, levomilnacipran, citalopram, milnacipran, desvenlafaxine, mirtazapine, duloxetine, paroxetine, escitalopram, sertraline, fluvoxamine, venlafaxine, vilazodone, vortioxetine)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 7 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 20 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

69 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03464383

Start Date

May 7 2018

End Date

September 20 2019

Last Update

October 19 2020

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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157