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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Klinisk utprøving NCT00177294
Augmenting Antidepressant Treatment With Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Treating Late-life Depression
Geriatric Depression: Getting Better, Getting Well
Studieoversikt
Status
Forhold
Intervensjon / Behandling
Detaljert beskrivelse
The purpose of this research study is to learn if adding psychotherapy (Interpersonal Psychotherapy) to antidepressant medication (escitalopram), will be more effective in reducing lingering symptoms of depression and decreasing the burden of these symptoms, when initial treatment with just antidepressant medication alone has led to only a partial response. Participation in the study will last up to 22 weeks.
Because fewer than 50% of elderly depressed patients achieve remission and recovery in response to first-line antidepressant pharmacotherapy, the majority of patients are left with significant symptoms and functional impairment, putting them at risk of chronic, relapsing illness, non-adherence to other medical treatment, suicide, and family caregiver burden. We will recruit and treat 320 patients with unipolar major depression aged 60 and older, using clinical management with escitalopram 10 mg/day for six weeks. Patients who are partial responders to escitalopram plus clinical management will be randomly assigned to 16 weeks of extension therapy with either 20 mg escitalopram plus clinical management or 20 mg escitalopram plus Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT, 16 sessions). Changes over time in measures of depressive symptoms, hopelessness, suicidal ideation, disability, and family caregiving burden will be assessed. This study will answer the question of how best to treat partial responders-by simply extending pharmacotherapy at higher doses, or by also adding psychotherapy-to remission and recovery.
For information on related studies, please follow these links:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00178035
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00178074
Studietype
Registrering (Faktiske)
Fase
- Fase 4
Kontakter og plasseringer
Studiesteder
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Pennsylvania
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Forente stater, 15213
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
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Deltakelseskriterier
Kvalifikasjonskriterier
Alder som er kvalifisert for studier
Tar imot friske frivillige
Kjønn som er kvalifisert for studier
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of unipolar major depression
- Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD) (17 item) score of 15 or higher
- Speaks English
- Willing to discontinue other psychotropic medications
- Availability of family member or other caregiver
- Hearing capacity adequate to respond to a raised conversational voice
Exclusion Criteria:
- Lifetime diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or any psychotic disorder
- Folstein Mini-Mental Status Exam (MMSE) of 17 or lower
- Suicidal
- History of treatment non-adherence in other Center protocols
- History of documented non-response to citalopram in other Center protocols
- History of non-tolerance to escitalopram therapy
Studieplan
Hvordan er studiet utformet?
Designdetaljer
- Primært formål: Behandling
- Tildeling: Randomisert
- Intervensjonsmodell: Parallell tildeling
- Masking: Enkelt
Våpen og intervensjoner
Deltakergruppe / Arm |
Intervensjon / Behandling |
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Eksperimentell: 1
Participants who respond partially to 6 weeks of escitalopram 10mg daily then receive 16 weeks of extension therapy with escitalopram 20 mg daily, plus weekly interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT)
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Escitalopram 10 mg daily for first 6 weeks, followed by escitalopram 20 mg daily for 16 additional weeks.
Andre navn:
16 sessions of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT)
Andre navn:
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Aktiv komparator: 2
Participants who respond partially to 6 weeks of escitalopram 10mg daily then receive 16 weeks of extension therapy with escitalopram 20 mg daily, plus weekly depression care management(DCM) without interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT)
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Escitalopram 10 mg daily for first 6 weeks, followed by escitalopram 20 mg daily for 16 additional weeks.
Andre navn:
16 weeks of depression care management(DCM).
No psychotherapy will be provided.
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Hva måler studien?
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tiltaksbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Remission
Tidsramme: Measured at Week 6 or 22
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Three consecutive weekly scores of less than 7 on the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (N=17 item).
Scores on the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression(HRSD) range from 0 to 58, with higher scores indicating more severe depression.
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Measured at Week 6 or 22
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Samarbeidspartnere og etterforskere
Sponsor
Samarbeidspartnere
Etterforskere
- Hovedetterforsker: Charles F. Reynolds III, MD, University of Pittsburgh Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Neuroscience
Publikasjoner og nyttige lenker
Generelle publikasjoner
- Andreescu C, Tudorascu DL, Butters MA, Tamburo E, Patel M, Price J, Karp JF, Reynolds CF 3rd, Aizenstein H. Resting state functional connectivity and treatment response in late-life depression. Psychiatry Res. 2013 Dec 30;214(3):313-21. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.08.007. Epub 2013 Oct 18.
- Reynolds CF 3rd, Dew MA, Martire LM, Miller MD, Cyranowski JM, Lenze E, Whyte EM, Mulsant BH, Pollock BG, Karp JF, Gildengers A, Szanto K, Dombrovski AY, Andreescu C, Butters MA, Morse JQ, Houck PR, Bensasi S, Mazumdar S, Stack JA, Frank E. Treating depression to remission in older adults: a controlled evaluation of combined escitalopram with interpersonal psychotherapy versus escitalopram with depression care management. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2010 Nov;25(11):1134-41. doi: 10.1002/gps.2443.
Studierekorddatoer
Studer hoveddatoer
Studiestart
Primær fullføring (Faktiske)
Studiet fullført (Faktiske)
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først innsendt
Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
Først lagt ut (Anslag)
Oppdateringer av studieposter
Sist oppdatering lagt ut (Anslag)
Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
Sist bekreftet
Mer informasjon
Begreper knyttet til denne studien
Nøkkelord
Ytterligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
- Atferdssymptomer
- Psykiske lidelser
- Stemningsforstyrrelser
- Depresjon
- Depressiv lidelse
- Fysiologiske effekter av legemidler
- Nevrotransmittere agenter
- Molekylære mekanismer for farmakologisk virkning
- Psykotropiske stoffer
- Serotoninopptakshemmere
- Nevrotransmitter opptakshemmere
- Membrantransportmodulatorer
- Serotoninmidler
- Antidepressive midler
- Antidepressive midler, andre generasjon
- Citalopram
Andre studie-ID-numre
- R01MH037869-01 (U.S. NIH-stipend/kontrakt)
- DATR A4-GPS
- R01MH037869 (U.S. NIH-stipend/kontrakt)
- 0404007
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