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- Clinical Trial NCT00411203
Tamoxifen in Treatment of Acute Mania
Double Blind Placebo Controlled Trial of a Protein Kinase C Inhibitor: Tamoxifen Citrate in Treatment of Acute Mania
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Patients aged 18-65 years, diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder (BD), most recent episode manic or mixed, with or without psychotic features were admitted to the inpatient unit at the Dokuz Eylul University, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey. Subjects were recruited from the local community, an urban area in the western part of Turkey, surrounding suburbs, and towns as well as all over the country (expert-seeking patients who reached the principle investigator-PI, via the internet and news media) between April, 2003 and June, 2006. All diagnoses were based on the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV, administered by a trained investigator (AYY). After the protocol explained to the patient and at least one first degree relative, both gave written informed consent for participation of the patient in the trial. The study was approved by the Turkish Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Drugs and Pharmaceutics, Central Review Board, and Local Ethical Committee of Drug Investigations at the Dokuz Eylul University. Subject screening included medical and psychiatric history, physical examination, and laboratory screen including LFTs, TSH, HCG, BUN, Cr, and serum toxicology. All psychotropic medication (except benzodiazepines) was discontinued at least 1 day before randomization. Subjects entering the study were randomly assigned to receive the PKC inhibitor, tamoxifen or identical placebo tablets in a 1:1 ratio and double-blind fashion for 3 weeks. Computer-generated codes were used to create randomization kits (prepared by the ARGEFAR, Izmir, Turkey, a contract research organization). The starting dose of tamoxifen was 20 mg bid. After the first treatment day, daily dose was adjusted upward by 10 mg per day up to 80 mg/d in divided doses. Similar tablet adjustments were applied for the patients in placebo group. Concomitant use of oral lorazepam (2.5mg dissolving tables) was allowed during double-blind therapy as clinically indicated. In cases where lorazepam is thought to be ineffective and the symptoms are such that an antipsychotic is required, risperidone liquid formulations (2-6 mg/day) were used under emergency circumstances. Those subjects who were given risperidone were assumed as drop out at the time of first exposure to risperidone; and new subjects for replacement of those cases have been recruited. Subjects were seen twice daily and investigators (AYY, SG) were on call 24 hours a day.
Assessment tools; Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-17 item (HAMD-17), Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), Clinical Global Impressions-Bipolar Version of Severity of Illness (CGI), and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and side effect questionnaire were administered by semi-structured interviews at each week. Vital signs and weight were monitored. The PI, who is trained in the rating instruments and blind to the treatment condition (training and certification at the Massachusetts Hospital, Bipolar Program), performed all the study assessments on a weekly basis by using all the available clinical information, provided by the prospective daily interviews by the investigators, staff reports including the security team' observations, and first degree relative reports.
Power calculations were performed to determine the sample size required to achieve 80% power to detect a difference of 0.40 in the response rate, assuming a 0.15 response rate in placebo using a chi-square test at the .05 level. Assuming 30% drop out and non compliance rate, randomization kits were prepared for 70 subjects. Following eligibility considerations and drop out the final sample size used in the analysis was 50. The primary efficacy variable is defined as the reduction from baseline of the YMRS score after 3 weeks of therapy. Positive treatment response was defined as >=50% decrease in YMRS from baseline to 3 weeks.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Izmir, Turkey, 35340
- Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Psychiatry
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- diagnosis of BD I, most recent episode, manic or mixed,
- ages 18-65,
- Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) score > 20 at screening and baseline,
- providing written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- currently pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breast feeding,
- history of any coagulopathies, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolus,
- a history of hypersensitivity to tamoxifen,
- drug screen positive for any drug of abuse at screening, active substance abuse in the past 2 weeks or substance dependence in the past 2 months (except nicotine and caffeine),
- diagnosis of schizophrenia, dementia, delirium, seizure disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, or major cardiac, hepatic or renal disease that is unstable or that requires medical care,
- administration of any other investigational drug in the last 30 days,
- clinically significant suicidal or homicidal ideation.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Triple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
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Active Comparator: Tamoxifen Citrate
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Reduction from baseline of the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) score
Time Frame: 3 weeks of therapy
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3 weeks of therapy
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Positive treatment response, defined as >= 50% decrease in YMRS
Time Frame: from baseline to 3 weeks
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from baseline to 3 weeks
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Reduction from baseline of the Clinical Global Impressions-Bipolar Version of Severity of Illness (CGI) score
Time Frame: baseline, 3 weeks of therapy
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baseline, 3 weeks of therapy
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Reduction from baseline of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) score
Time Frame: baseline, 3 weeks of therapy
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baseline, 3 weeks of therapy
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Ayşegül Yildiz, M.D., Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Psychiatry
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Kruszewski SP, Paczynski R. Concomitant use of Lorazepam with tamoxifen in bipolar mania clinical trials. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009 Jan;66(1):107-8; author reply 108-9. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2008.505. No abstract available.
- Yildiz A, Guleryuz S, Ankerst DP, Ongur D, Renshaw PF. Protein kinase C inhibition in the treatment of mania: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of tamoxifen. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008 Mar;65(3):255-63. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2007.43.
- Yildiz A, Vieta E, Leucht S, Baldessarini RJ. Efficacy of antimanic treatments: meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2011 Jan;36(2):375-89. doi: 10.1038/npp.2010.192. Epub 2010 Oct 27.
- Yildiz A, Nikodem M, Vieta E, Correll CU, Baldessarini RJ. A network meta-analysis on comparative efficacy and all-cause discontinuation of antimanic treatments in acute bipolar mania. Psychol Med. 2015 Jan;45(2):299-317. doi: 10.1017/S0033291714001305. Epub 2014 Jul 18.
- Yildiz A, Aydin B, Gokmen N, Yurt A, Cohen B, Keskinoglu P, Ongur D, Renshaw P. Antimanic Treatment With Tamoxifen Affects Brain Chemistry: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2016 Mar;1(2):125-131. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2015.12.002.
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Mental Disorders
- Bipolar and Related Disorders
- Bipolar Disorder
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
- Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
- Hormone Antagonists
- Bone Density Conservation Agents
- Estrogen Antagonists
- Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators
- Estrogen Receptor Modulators
- Tamoxifen
Other Study ID Numbers
- 02T-162
- AY0001
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