Study Evaluating Desvenlafaxine Succinate Sustained Release (DVS SR) in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of 2 Fixed Doses (25 and 50 mg/Day) of DVS SR Tablets in Adult Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder
Study Overview
Status
Status
Conditions
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Enrollment
Phase
Phase
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Fukuoka, Japan, 8100001
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Fukuoka, Japan, 8100041
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Fukushima, Japan, 9600102
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Hiroshima, Japan, 7310121
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Kumamoto, Japan, 8618002
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Kumamoto, Japan, 8620909
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Kyoto, Japan, 6168421
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Osaka, Japan, 5420006
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Saitama, Japan, 33000062
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Saitama, Japan, 3390057
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Aichi
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Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, 4530015
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Toyoake, Aichi, Japan, 4701192
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Chiba
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Noda, Chiba, Japan, 2780033
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Fukuoka
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Kitakyusyu, Fukuoka, Japan, 8020006
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Kitakyusyu, Fukuoka, Japan, 8078555
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Fukushima
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Shirakawa, Fukushima, Japan, 9610021
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Gunma
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Fujioka, Gunma, Japan, 3750017
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Kumagaya, Gunma, Japan, 3600032
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Hiroshima
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Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan, 7380023
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Kure, Hiroshima, Japan, 7370023
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Hokkaido
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Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, 0028029
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Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, 0040052
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Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, 0600061
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Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, 600042
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Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, 630061
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Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, 630804
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Hyogo
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Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 6530841
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Ishikawa
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Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, 9208650
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Kanagawa
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Minamiashigara, Kanagawa, Japan, 2500136
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Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, 2200004
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Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, 2210835
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Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, 2250012
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Kumamoto
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Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan, 8660043
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Nagano
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Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan, 3908510
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Osaka
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Sakai, Osaka, Japan, 5900018
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Saga
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Kanzaka, Saga, Japan, 8420192
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Saitama
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Misato, Saitama, Japan, 3410018
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Shiga
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Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan, 5250037
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Tokyo
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Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, 1120012
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Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, 1000006
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Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, 1018643
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Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, 1730004
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Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan, 1250041
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Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan, 1858551
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Minato, Tokyo, Japan, 1070052
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Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, 1640012
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Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, 1540012
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Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 1540004
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Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, 1500001
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Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, 1510053
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Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, 1410021
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Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, 1410022
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Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, 1420021
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Shinjyuku, Tokyo, Japan, 1600023
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Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, 1660003
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Taito, Tokyo, Japan, 1100003
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Toshima, Tokyo, Japan, 1700002
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Toyko
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Meguro, Toyko, Japan, 1520012
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Yamaguchi
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Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan, 7558505
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California
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Arcadia, California, United States, 91007
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Beverly Hills, California, United States, 90210
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Cerritos, California, United States, 90703
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Garden Grove, California, United States, 92845
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Los Alamitos, California, United States, 90720
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Florida
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St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, 33702
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Georgia
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30328
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Smyrna, Georgia, United States, 30080
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Illinois
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Libertyville, Illinois, United States, 60048
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Ohio
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Dayton, Ohio, United States, 45408
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Rhode Island
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East Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02914
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South Carolina
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Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29201
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Tennessee
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Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38117
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Texas
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Dallas, Texas, United States, 75230
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San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229
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Utah
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84107
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Washington
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Kirkland, Washington, United States, 98033
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Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104
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Wisconsin
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Brown Deer, Wisconsin, United States, 53223
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult, outpatient with primary diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder (depressive symptoms for at least 30 days prior to screening)
- Hamilton Psychiatric Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D 17) total score of >= 20
- Clinical Global Impressions Scale-Severity (CGI-S) score of >= 4
Exclusion Criteria:
- Clinical instability - 25% or greater increase/decrease in HAM-D 17 total score from screening to baseline
- Significant risk of suicide as assessed by clinician judgement, HAM-D 17 and Columbia Suicide-Severity Rating Scale scores Other eligibility criteria also apply
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Quadruple
Number of Arms
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / ArmParticipant Group / Arm |
Intervention / TreatmentIntervention / Treatment |
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
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Matching placebo tablets (25 or 50 mg).
Daily dosing for 10 +/- 4 days during a placebo lead-in period, and then 8 weeks during the double-blind period.
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Experimental: Desvenlafaxine succinate sustained-release 50 mg
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50 mg tablet, once daily dosing for 8 weeks
25 mg tablet, once daily dosing for 8 weeks
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Experimental: Desvenlafaxine succinate sustained-release 25 mg
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50 mg tablet, once daily dosing for 8 weeks
25 mg tablet, once daily dosing for 8 weeks
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change From Baseline in HAM-D17 Total Score at the Final On-therapy (FOT)Evaluation (Week 8 or ET)
Time Frame: Baseline and Week 8 (or ET)
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HAM-D17: a standardized, clinician-administered rating scale that assesses 17 items characteristically associated with major depression.
Items are scored on either a 3 point (0 to 2) or a 5 point scale (0 to 4), with 0=none/absent and 4=most severe, for a maximum total score of 50.
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Baseline and Week 8 (or ET)
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Number of Participants With Categorical Scores on CGI-Improvement (CGI-I) at FOT Evaluation (Week 8 or ET)
Time Frame: Week 8 (or ET)
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CGI-I: 7-point clinician rated scale ranging from 1 (very much improved) to 7 (very much worse).
Improvement is defined as a score of 1 (very much improved), 2 (much improved), or 3 (minimally improved) on the scale.
Higher score = more affected.
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Week 8 (or ET)
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Change From Baseline in Mean CGI-S Score at FOT Evaluation (Week 8 or ET)
Time Frame: Baseline and Week 8 (or ET)
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CGI-S: 7-point clinician rated scale to assess severity of participant's current illness state; range: 1 (normal - not ill at all) to 7 (among the most extremely ill patients).
Higher score = more affected.
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Baseline and Week 8 (or ET)
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Change From Baseline in MADRS Total Score at FOT Evaluation (Week 8 or ET)
Time Frame: Baseline and Week 8 (or ET)
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MADRS measures the overall severity of depressive symptoms.
The MADRS has a 10-item checklist.
Items are rated on a scale of 0-6, for a total score range of 0 (low severity of depressive symptoms) to 60 (high severity of depressive symptoms).
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Baseline and Week 8 (or ET)
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Change From Baseline in HAM-D6 Total Score at FOT Evaluation (Week 8 or ET)
Time Frame: Baseline and Week 8 (or ET)
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HAM-D6: a standardized, clinician-administered rating scale that assesses 6 items characteristically associated with major depression and is a subset of HAM-D17.
HAM-D6 score ranges from 0-22.
The scale uses HAM-D17 items: 1, 2, 7, 8, 10 and 13.
Item 13 is scored 0-2 and all others are scored 0-4.
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Baseline and Week 8 (or ET)
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Number of Participants With a Response on the HAM-D17 at FOT Evaluation (Week 8 or ET)
Time Frame: Week 8 (or ET)
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A HAM-D17 responder was defined as a participant with a 50% or greater decrease from baseline in HAM-D17 score.
HAM-D17 is a standardized, clinician-administered rating scale that assesses 17 items characteristically associated with major depression.
Individual items are scored on either a 3 point (0 to 2) or a 5 point scale (0 to 4), with 0=none/absent and 4=most severe, for a maximum total score of 50.
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Week 8 (or ET)
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Number of Participants in Remission Based on the HAM-D17 at FOT Evaluation (Week 8 or ET)
Time Frame: Week 8 (or ET)
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Remission was defined as a HAM-D17 score of less than or equal to 7. HAM-D17 is a standardized, clinician-administered rating scale that assesses 17 items characteristically associated with major depression.
Individual items are scored on either a 3 point (0 to 2) or a 5 point scale (0 to 4), with 0=none/absent and 4=most severe, for a maximum total score of 50.
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Week 8 (or ET)
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Number of Participants With a Response on the MADRS Score at FOT Evaluation (Week 8 or ET)
Time Frame: Week 8 (or ET)
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A MADRS responder was defined as a participant with a 50% or greater decrease from baseline in MADRS score.
It measures the overall severity of depressive symptoms.
The MADRS has a 10-item checklist.
Items are rated on a scale of 0-6, for a total score range of 0 (low severity of depressive symptoms) to 60 (high severity of depressive symptoms).
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Week 8 (or ET)
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Number of Participants With a Response on the CGI-I Score at FOT Evaluation (Week 8 or ET)
Time Frame: Week 8 (or ET)
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CGI-I responder was defined as a participant with a score of 1 (very much improved) or 2 (much improved) on the CGI-I.
CGI-I: 7-point clinician rated scale ranging from 1 (very much improved) to 7 (very much worse).
Improvement is defined as a score of 1 (very much improved), 2 (much improved), or 3 (minimally improved) on the scale.
Higher score = more affected.
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Week 8 (or ET)
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Other Outcome Measures
Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
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Population Pharmacokinetics for Desvenlafaxine Plasma Concentrations
Time Frame: Week 2, 4 and 8 (or ET)
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Relationship of demographic variables (age, gender, food, race, creatinine, aspartate aminotransaminase, alanine transaminase, bilirubin and concomitant medications) were examined by fitting measured DVS plasma concentrations to a 1 compartment model with first order absorption.
Demographic variables were examined for clearance (CL/F), volume of distribution (V/F), Steady Area under Curve (AUC) using nonlinear mixed effects modeling.
Final parameter estimates for demographic factors effecting CL/F, V/F and AUC were determined.
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Week 2, 4 and 8 (or ET)
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Change From Baseline in SDS at FOT Evaluation (Week 8 or ET)
Time Frame: Baseline and Week 8 (or ET)
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SDS: a self-administered tool that measures functional impairment in 3 domains: Work/School, Social Life, and Family Life/Home Responsibilities.
The participant rates the extent to which each of these domains is impaired by his/her symptoms using a 10 point visual analog scale: (0=not at all impaired, 10=extremely impaired) for a total maximum score of 30.
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Baseline and Week 8 (or ET)
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Change From Baseline in WHO-5 Total Score at FOT Evaluation (Week 8 or ET)
Time Frame: Baseline and Week 8 (or ET)
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WHO-5 evaluates positive psychological well-being.
WHO-5 consists of 5 questions and each is rated on a 6-point scale.
The total score ranges from 0 to 25 (0= worst possible quality of life; 25=best possible quality of life).
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Baseline and Week 8 (or ET)
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Percentage of Participants With Sexual Dysfunction at FOT Evaluation (Week 8 or ET)
Time Frame: Week 8 (or ET)
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ASEX scale includes 5 questions that evaluate sexual function exclusively during the week prior to completion in the following areas: libido, excitability and ability to reach orgasm.
Sexual dysfunction=an ASEX total score of 19 or greater, or a score of 5 or greater on any item, or a score of 4 or greater on any 3 items.
Participants who have had no sexual activity during the prior week should be instructed to not complete questions 3 through 5.
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Week 8 (or ET)
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Number of Participants With Categorical Scores on the C-SSRS at FOT Evaluation (Week 8 or ET)
Time Frame: Week 8 (or ET)
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C-SSRS mapped into C-CASA(1-7) to assess whether participant:completed suicide(1),suicide attempt(2)(response of "Yes" on "Actual Attempt"),preparatory acts toward imminent suicidal behavior (3)("Yes" on "Preparatory Acts or Behavior"),suicidal ideation (4)("Yes" on "Wish to be dead","Non-Specific Active Suicidal Thoughts","Active Suicidal Ideation with methods without Intent to Act or Some Intent to Act,without Specific Plan or with Specific Plan and Intent),any suicidal behavior or ideation,self-injurious behaviour(7)("Yes" on "Has subject engaged in Non-suicidal Self-Injurious Behavior").
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Week 8 (or ET)
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Discontinuation-Emergent Signs and Symptoms (DESS) Total Score
Time Frame: Week 8 to 10 (or ET)
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DESS: a clinician-administered 43-item assessment that evaluates discontinuation-emergent symptoms resulting from the withdrawal from test article.
The DESS total score is the sum of the number of "new symptoms" and "old (but worse) symptoms" (1) and 0 for "old and unchanged symptom," "absent," or "old symptom but improved" for a total possible range of 0 to 43.
A higher score indicates more symptoms.
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Week 8 to 10 (or ET)
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Sponsor
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Zilcha-Mano S, Wang X, Wajsbrot DB, Boucher M, Fine SA, Rutherford BR. Trajectories of Function and Symptom Change in Desvenlafaxine Clinical Trials: Toward Personalized Treatment for Depression. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2021 Sep-Oct 01;41(5):579-584. doi: 10.1097/JCP.0000000000001435.
- Soares CN, Zhang M, Boucher M. Categorical improvement in functional impairment in depressed patients treated with desvenlafaxine. CNS Spectr. 2019 Jun;24(3):322-332. doi: 10.1017/S1092852917000633. Epub 2017 Nov 15.
- McIntyre RS, Fayyad R, Mackell JA, Boucher M. Effect of metabolic syndrome and thyroid hormone on efficacy of desvenlafaxine 50 and 100 mg/d in major depressive disorder. Curr Med Res Opin. 2016;32(3):587-99. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2015.1136603. Epub 2016 Jan 13.
- McIntyre RS, Fayyad RS, Guico-Pabia CJ, Boucher M. A Post Hoc Analysis of the Effect of Weight on Efficacy in Depressed Patients Treated With Desvenlafaxine 50 mg/d and 100 mg/d. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2015 Jun 4;17(3):10.4088/PCC.14m01741. doi: 10.4088/PCC.14m01741. eCollection 2015.
- Thase ME, Fayyad R, Cheng RF, Guico-Pabia CJ, Sporn J, Boucher M, Tourian KA. Effects of desvenlafaxine on blood pressure in patients treated for major depressive disorder: a pooled analysis. Curr Med Res Opin. 2015 Apr;31(4):809-20. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2015.1020365. Epub 2015 Mar 26.
- Iwata N, Tourian KA, Hwang E, Mele L, Vialet C. Efficacy and safety of desvenlafaxine 25 and 5050% shaded blockmg/day in a randomized, placebo-controlled study of depressed outpatients. J Psychiatr Pract. 2013 Jan;19(1):5-14. doi: 10.1097/01.pra.0000426323.59698.64.
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Behavioral Symptoms
- Mental Disorders
- Pathologic Processes
- Mood Disorders
- Depression
- Depressive Disorder
- Disease
- Depressive Disorder, Major
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Neurotransmitter Agents
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Psychotropic Drugs
- Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
- Membrane Transport Modulators
- Antidepressive Agents
- Serotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitors
- Desvenlafaxine Succinate
Other Study ID Numbers
Other Study ID Numbers
- 3151A1-3359
- B2061003
- 3151A1-3359-WW
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