Treatment of Patients With Major Depressive Disorder With MK0869 (0869-060)(COMPLETED)

February 6, 2015 updated by: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

A Double-Blind, Placebo- and Active-Controlled Acute and Extension Study of MK0869 in the Treatment of Patients With Major Depressive Disorder

A clinical study to determine the efficacy and safety of an investigational medication (MK0869) in the treatment of depression.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

The duration of treatment is 8 weeks.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

450

Phase

  • Phase 3

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Patients with Major Depressive Disorder

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
HAMD-17 total score at week 8. Tolerability.
Time Frame: at week 8
at week 8

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
CGI-I score at week 8, at least 50% reduction in the HAMD-17 total score, and Sheehan Disability Score at Week 8
Time Frame: at week 8
at week 8

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2001

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2003

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2003

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 2, 2002

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 2, 2002

First Posted (Estimate)

May 3, 2002

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 9, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 6, 2015

Last Verified

February 1, 2015

More Information

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Major Depressive Disorder

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