Predict Antidepressant Responsiveness Using Pharmacogenomics

December 30, 2015 updated by: Doh Kwan Kim, Samsung Medical Center
The purpose of this study is to determine whether genetic information associated with individual depressive symptoms.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

The primary hypothesis is that the variations of the candidate genes are associated with individual symptoms in patients with depression.

The Second hypothesis is that patients with the associated genetic variation suffer longer from the associated symptom than the patients without the associated genetic variation.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

1000

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

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

19 years to 89 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Eligible patients were enrolled in the clinical trials program of hte Samsung Medical Center Geropsychiatry and Affective Disorder Clinics(Seoul, Korea). They received a semistructured diagnostic interview, the Samsung Psychiatric Evaluation Schedule. The affective disorder section of the Samsung Psychiatric Evaluation Schedule uses the Korean version of the structured clinical interview for the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, Fourth edition.
  • interview with one more patient's family member for objective diagnosis and final diagnosis decision by agreements of two more psychiatric physicians

Exclusion Criteria:

  • received psychotropic medication within 2 weeks of the study or fluoxetine within 4 weeks
  • potential study participants for pregnancy, significant medical conditions, abnormal laboratory baseline values, unstable psychiatric features(eg.suicidal), history of alcohol of drug dependence, seizures, head trauma with loss of consciousness, neurological illness, or concomitant Axis I psychiatric 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: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: SSRI treated group
SSRI treated group is patients treated with fluoxetine, paroxetine, or sertraline
Antidepressant administration of SSRI class for 12 weeks under therapeutic dose
Other Names:
  • fluoxetine_Prozac
  • paroxetine_Paxil, Seroxat
  • sertraline_Zoloft
Active Comparator: non-SSRI treated group
non-SSRI treated group is patients treated with milnacipran, venlafaxine, nortriptyline, or mirtazapine
Antidepressant administration of non-SSRI class for 12 weeks under therapeutic dose
Other Names:
  • milnacipran
  • venlafaxine_Effexor
  • nortriptyline_Aventyl, Pamelor, Noritren
  • mirtazapine_Avanza, Zispin, Remeron

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Presences of each individual symptom of depression at 1,2,4,6,12 weeks
Time Frame: 12 weeks
17-items HAM-D scale was employed to measure depressive symptoms
12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Doh Kwan Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Samsung Medical Center

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

February 1, 2003

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2018

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 24, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 24, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

October 26, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

December 31, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 30, 2015

Last Verified

December 1, 2015

More Information

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