Individualizing Antidepressant Treatment Using Pharmacogenomics and EHR-driven Clinical Decision Support (MyGenes)

The myGenes Study:Individualizing Antidepressant Treatment Using Pharmacogenomics and EHR-driven Clinical Decision Support

The purpose of this study is to understand the effectiveness of pharmacogenomic testing in using antidepressants and to understand how EHR - driven clinical decision support system can be used to deliver PGx test results by healhcare providers.

Study Overview

• Status: Withdrawn
• Conditions: Depression
• Intervention / Treatment: Genetic: Genomind®Professional PGx Express TM

• Study Type: Interventional
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10065
      • Weill Cornell Medicine

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 89 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients who quality the criteria below:

• Patients with nonpsychotic MDD
• Patients who would like to either start a new antidepressant or change their existing antidepressant treatment
• Patients for whom antidepressant treatment is deemed appropriate by the treating clinician
• >18 years of age
• Willingness to provide signed informed consent to participate in the study
• Will be following up or continuously visiting their physician

Providers:

• Outpatient practice providers
• Providers who are familiar with Epic

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients:

• Patients with medical contraindications that preclude antidepressant treatment
• Patients with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or who have Bipolar I disorder
• Patients currently on antipsychotic medications (e.g., typical and atypical antipsychotic drugs) and mood stabilizing agents (e.g., lithium, carbamazepine, valproate, lamotrigine, gabapentin, or other anticonvulsants)
• Patients who are pregnant or have severe cognitive impairment
• Patients requiring urgent care or inpatient hospitalization at the time of consent

Providers:

• Unable or unwilling to commit time to introduce myGenes study to patients

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: SINGLE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Intervention group; Intervention group will have the PGx test results available via Epic, three days after the biospecimen is received.	Genetic: Genomind®Professional PGx Express TM; The current test includes the analysis of fifteen pharmacodynamic genes and nine pharmacokinetic genes that have been shown in numerous clinical studies to have implications for response to treatments used for depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), autism, schizophrenia, chronic pain and substance abuse. The genes assessed by the assay target major hepatic enzymes and key neurotransmitter pathways including serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine and glutamate.
EXPERIMENTAL: Control group; The control group will be considered in TAU(treatment as usual) group but will have the PGx test results available after 24 weeks. Note: Patient in both the groups will be followed for 24 weeks and will take questionnaires every other week.	Genetic: Genomind®Professional PGx Express TM; The current test includes the analysis of fifteen pharmacodynamic genes and nine pharmacokinetic genes that have been shown in numerous clinical studies to have implications for response to treatments used for depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), autism, schizophrenia, chronic pain and substance abuse. The genes assessed by the assay target major hepatic enzymes and key neurotransmitter pathways including serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine and glutamate.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Response, as defined by > 50% reduction in Hamilton Depressing Rating Scale ( HAM-D)	The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale is used for rating the severity of depressive symptoms. Scores range from 0 to 50, with higher scores indicating greater severity of depression. The scoring system is as follows- 0-7 = Normal 8-13 = Mild Depression 14-18 = Moderate Depression 19-23 = Severe Depression > 23 = Very severe Depression.	24 weeks
Remission, as defined by < 8 on Hamilton Depressing Rating Scale ( HAM-D).	The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale is used for rating the severity of depressive symptoms. Scores range from 0 to 50, with higher scores indicating greater severity of depression. The scoring system is as follows- 0-7 = Normal 8-13 = Mild Depression 14-18 = Moderate Depression 19-23 = Severe Depression > 23 = Very severe Depression.	24 weeks
Conformance between antidepressant medication prescription changes and recommendations from the pharmacogenomics testing	Conformance is defined as the number of prescriptions that are in agreement with clinical decision support recommendations based on pharmacogenomics test results.	24 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Self-reported side effects	FIBSER (Frequency, intensity and burden of side effects rating) questionnaire will be administered to assess the frequency, severity and degree of impairment related to side effects including nausea, headache, vomiting, GI distress, and sexual dysfunction. Frequency of side-effects are rated from 0-6, with 0 signifying no side effects and score of 6 showing that the effects are present all the time. Similarly intensity is also rated from 0-6 with 0 demonstrating no side effects and 6 signifying that the intensity is intolerable. Interference of side effects in day to day function is also rated in the same way. A reading of 0 tells us that there is no impairment of day-to-day functions and a reading of 6 depicts inability to function.	24 weeks
Provider Attitude	Number of overwritten CDS alerts regarding PGx testing will be used to determine if PGx-related CDS alerts will result in higher provider uptake compared to non-PGx-related CDS.	24 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
• Collaborators: Leon Lowenstein Foundation Inc.
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jyotishman Pathak, PhD, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Al-Harbi KS. Treatment-resistant depression: therapeutic trends, challenges, and future directions. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2012;6:369-88. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S29716. Epub 2012 May 1.
• Murray CJ, Atkinson C, Bhalla K, Birbeck G, Burstein R, Chou D, Dellavalle R, Danaei G, Ezzati M, Fahimi A, Flaxman D, Foreman, Gabriel S, Gakidou E, Kassebaum N, Khatibzadeh S, Lim S, Lipshultz SE, London S, Lopez, MacIntyre MF, Mokdad AH, Moran A, Moran AE, Mozaffarian D, Murphy T, Naghavi M, Pope C, Roberts T, Salomon J, Schwebel DC, Shahraz S, Sleet DA, Murray, Abraham J, Ali MK, Atkinson C, Bartels DH, Bhalla K, Birbeck G, Burstein R, Chen H, Criqui MH, Dahodwala, Jarlais, Ding EL, Dorsey ER, Ebel BE, Ezzati M, Fahami, Flaxman S, Flaxman AD, Gonzalez-Medina D, Grant B, Hagan H, Hoffman H, Kassebaum N, Khatibzadeh S, Leasher JL, Lin J, Lipshultz SE, Lozano R, Lu Y, Mallinger L, McDermott MM, Micha R, Miller TR, Mokdad AA, Mokdad AH, Mozaffarian D, Naghavi M, Narayan KM, Omer SB, Pelizzari PM, Phillips D, Ranganathan D, Rivara FP, Roberts T, Sampson U, Sanman E, Sapkota A, Schwebel DC, Sharaz S, Shivakoti R, Singh GM, Singh D, Tavakkoli M, Towbin JA, Wilkinson JD, Zabetian A, Murray, Abraham J, Ali MK, Alvardo M, Atkinson C, Baddour LM, Benjamin EJ, Bhalla K, Birbeck G, Bolliger I, Burstein R, Carnahan E, Chou D, Chugh SS, Cohen A, Colson KE, Cooper LT, Couser W, Criqui MH, Dabhadkar KC, Dellavalle RP, Jarlais, Dicker D, Dorsey ER, Duber H, Ebel BE, Engell RE, Ezzati M, Felson DT, Finucane MM, Flaxman S, Flaxman AD, Fleming T, Foreman, Forouzanfar MH, Freedman G, Freeman MK, Gakidou E, Gillum RF, Gonzalez-Medina D, Gosselin R, Gutierrez HR, Hagan H, Havmoeller R, Hoffman H, Jacobsen KH, James SL, Jasrasaria R, Jayarman S, Johns N, Kassebaum N, Khatibzadeh S, Lan Q, Leasher JL, Lim S, Lipshultz SE, London S, Lopez, Lozano R, Lu Y, Mallinger L, Meltzer M, Mensah GA, Michaud C, Miller TR, Mock C, Moffitt TE, Mokdad AA, Mokdad AH, Moran A, Naghavi M, Narayan KM, Nelson RG, Olives C, Omer SB, Ortblad K, Ostro B, Pelizzari PM, Phillips D, Raju M, Razavi H, Ritz B, Roberts T, Sacco RL, Salomon J, Sampson U, Schwebel DC, Shahraz S, Shibuya K, Silberberg D, Singh JA, Steenland K, Taylor JA, Thurston GD, Vavilala MS, Vos T, Wagner GR, Weinstock MA, Weisskopf MG, Wulf S, Murray; U.S. Burden of Disease Collaborators. The state of US health, 1990-2010: burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors. JAMA. 2013 Aug 14;310(6):591-608. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.13805.
• Perez V, Salavert A, Espadaler J, Tuson M, Saiz-Ruiz J, Saez-Navarro C, Bobes J, Baca-Garcia E, Vieta E, Olivares JM, Rodriguez-Jimenez R, Villagran JM, Gascon J, Canete-Crespillo J, Sole M, Saiz PA, Ibanez A, de Diego-Adelino J; AB-GEN Collaborative Group; Menchon JM. Efficacy of prospective pharmacogenetic testing in the treatment of major depressive disorder: results of a randomized, double-blind clinical trial. BMC Psychiatry. 2017 Jul 14;17(1):250. doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1412-1.
• Han C, Wang SM, Bahk WM, Lee SJ, Patkar AA, Masand PS, Mandelli L, Pae CU, Serretti A. A Pharmacogenomic-based Antidepressant Treatment for Patients with Major Depressive Disorder: Results from an 8-week, Randomized, Single-blinded Clinical Trial. Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci. 2018 Nov 30;16(4):469-480. doi: 10.9758/cpn.2018.16.4.469. Erratum In: Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci. 2020 Nov 30;18(4):641.
• Altar CA, Carhart J, Allen JD, Hall-Flavin D, Winner J, Dechairo B. Clinical Utility of Combinatorial Pharmacogenomics-Guided Antidepressant Therapy: Evidence from Three Clinical Studies. Mol Neuropsychiatry. 2015 Oct;1(3):145-55. doi: 10.1159/000430915. Epub 2015 Jul 31.

Helpful Links

• Murray CJ, Lopez AD, Organization WH. The global burden of disease: a comprehensive assessment of mortality and disability from diseases, injuries, and risk factors in 1990 and projected to 2020: summary. 1996.
• Najafzadeh, Mehdi, Jorge A. Garces, and Alejandra Maciel. 2017. "Economic Evaluation of Implementing a Novel Pharmacogenomic Test (IDgenetix®) to Guide Treatment of Patients with Depression and/or Anxiety."

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ANTICIPATED): March 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): February 28, 2023
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): December 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 3, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 14, 2019
• First Posted (ACTUAL): May 16, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): November 8, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 29, 2021
• Last Verified: October 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Depression
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1806019379

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No