Study Of The Effects Of A New Antidepressant Therapy In Patients With Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) - Full Text View

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of GW679769 patients with Major depressive Disorder (MDD).

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Depressive Disorder, Major	Drug: GW679769	Phase 2


Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title:	A Randomised, Double-Blind, Double-Dummy, Parallel-Group, Placebo-Controlled, Forced Dose Titration Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of GW679769 and Paroxetine in Subjects With Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

Further study details as provided by GlaxoSmithKline:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Change in score on a Depression rating scale following 8 weeks of treatment.

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Change in score on a number of rating scales following 8 weeks of treatment assessing symptomatic, behavioural and functional parameters which together provide a more complete description of the disorder.


Enrollment:	348
Study Start Date:	June 2005
Study Completion Date:	September 2006
Primary Completion Date:	September 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Eligibility


Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 64 Years (Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion criteria:

Primary diagnosis of Major depressive Disorder as defined in DSM-IV.
Capable of giving informed consent and willing to comply with the study requirements.
Women of childbearing potential must agree to one of a number of defined acceptable methods of birth control.

Exclusion Criteria:

Primary diagnosis within the past 6 months of another Axis 1 disorder such as an anxiety disorder.
Use of medications for a psychiatric condition including herbals in the past 2-12 weeks according to medication type.
Subjects who, in the investigator's judgement, pose a current, serious suicidal or homicidal risk or have made a suicide attempt within the past 6 months.
Subjects who currently meet or who met within 6 months prior to screening DSM-IV criteria for substance abuse or subjects who currently meet or who met within 6 months prior to screening DSM-IV criteria for substance dependence (other than nicotine).
Significantly abnormal blood or urine laboratory tests or electrocardiogram (ECG).

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00413023

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Sponsors and Collaborators

GlaxoSmithKline

Investigators


Study Director:	GSK Clinical Trials	GlaxoSmithKline

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