A Study of Vortioxetine (Lu AA21004) in Comparison to Agomelatine in Adults Suffering From Major Depression With Inadequate Response to Previous Medication - Full Text View

Purpose

The objective of the present study is to evaluate whether vortioxetine (10 or 20 mg/day) is at least as effective as agomelatine (25 to 50 mg/day) in patients with depressive symptoms that showed inadequate response to Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SRI) antidepressants.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Major Depressive Disorder	Drug: Vortioxetine (Lu AA21004) Drug: Agomelatine	Phase 3


Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator) Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title:	A Randomised, Double-blind, Parallel-group, Active-controlled, Flexible Dose Study Evaluating the Effects of [Vortioxetine] Lu AA21004 Versus Agomelatine in Adult Patients Suffering From Major Depressive Disorder With Inadequate Response to Antidepressant Treatment

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MedlinePlus related topics: Antidepressants

Drug Information available for: Vortioxetine Vortioxetine hydrobromide

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Further study details as provided by H. Lundbeck A/S:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Change From Baseline in MADRS Total Score at Week 8 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 8 ]
The Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) is a depression rating scale consisting of 10 items, each rated 0 (no symptom) to 6 (severe symptom). The 10 items represent the core symptoms of depressive illness. The rating should be based on a clinical interview with the patient, moving from broadly phrased questions about symptoms to more detailed ones, which allow a precise rating of severity, covering the last 7 days. Total score from 0 to 60. The higher the score, the more severe, thus, a negative change (or decrease) from baseline indicates a reduction (or improvement) in symptoms.

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Change From Baseline in MADRS Total Score at Week 12 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 12 ]
Change From Baseline in HAM-A Total Score at Week 8 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 8 ]
The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) consists of 14 items that assess anxious mood, tension, fear, insomnia, intellectual (cognitive) symptoms, depressed mood, behaviour at interview, somatic (sensory), cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, autonomic, and somatic (muscular) symptoms. Each symptom is rated from 0 (absent) to 4 (maximum severity). Total score from 0 to 56; higher score indicates greater anxiety, thus, a negative change (or decrease) from baseline indicates a reduction (or improvement) in symptoms.
Change From Baseline in HAM-A Total Score at Week 12 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 12 ]
Change From Baseline in CGI-S Score at Week 8 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 8 ]
The Clinical Global Impression - Severity of Illness (CGI-S) is a 7-point scale rated from 1 (normal, not at all ill) to 7 (among the most extremely ill patients). The investigator should use his/her total clinical experience with this patient population to judge how mentally ill the patient is at the time of rating. Higher score indicates that the subject is more ill, thus, a negative change (or decrease) from baseline indicates a reduction (or improvement) in symptoms.
Change From Baseline in CGI-S Score at Week 12 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 12 ]
Change in Clinical Status Using CGI-I Score at Week 8 [ Time Frame: Week 8 ]
The Clinical Global Impression - Global Improvement (CGI-I) is a 7-point scale rated from 1 (very much improved) to 7 (very much worse). The investigator rated the patient's overall improvement relative to baseline, whether or not, in the opinion of the investigator, this was entirely due to the drug treatment. Higher score = more affected.
Change in Clinical Status Using CGI-I Score at Week 12 [ Time Frame: Week 12 ]
Proportion of Patients Who Respond at Week 8 (Response Defined as a >=50% Decrease in the MADRS Total Score From Baseline) [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 8 ]
Proportion of Patients Who Respond at Week 12 (Response Defined as a >=50% Decrease in the MADRS Total Score From Baseline) [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 12 ]
Proportion of Patients Who Are in Remission at Week 8 (Remission is Defined as a MADRS Total Score <=10) [ Time Frame: Week 8 ]
Proportion of Patients Who Are in Remission at Week 12 (Remission is Defined as a MADRS Total Score <=10) [ Time Frame: Week 12 ]
Change From Baseline in SDS Total Score at Week 8 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 8 ]
The Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) comprises self-rated items designed to measure impairment. The patient rates the extent to which his or her (1) work, (2) social life or leisure activities and (3) home life or family responsibilities are impaired on a 10-point visual analogue scales, on which 0 = normal functioning and 10 = severe functional impairment. The three items may be summed into a single dimensional measure of global functional impairment that ranges from 0 (unimpaired) to 30 (highly impaired). The higher the score, the more severe, thus, a negative change (or decrease) from baseline indicates a reduction (or improvement) in symptoms.
Change From Baseline in SDS Total Score at Week 12 [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 12 ]


Enrollment:	495
Study Start Date:	January 2012
Primary Completion Date:	December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Vortioxetine 10 mg or 20 mg	Drug: Vortioxetine (Lu AA21004) encapsulated tablets, daily, orally Other Name: Brintellix®
Active Comparator: Agomelatine 25 mg or 50 mg	Drug: Agomelatine encapsulated tablets, daily, orally Other Name: Valdoxan®

Eligibility

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Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
Sexes Eligible for Study:	All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

The patient is being treated with a serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) antidepressant (monotherapy) that was prescribed to treat Major Depressive Episode (DSM-IV-TR criteria)
The response to the current SRI treatment is inadequate and patient agrees to discontinue the current SRI at the baseline
Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) total score ≥22 at the Screening Visit and Baseline
The patient, if a woman, must: agree not to try to become pregnant during the study, AND use adequate, highly effective contraception

Exclusion Criteria:

The patient has any current Axis I disorders (DSM-IV criteria) other than Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), General Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)
The patient is at significant risk of suicide
The patient is currently receiving formal psychotherapy or other psychoactive medications

Other protocol-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria may apply.

Contacts and Locations

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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01488071

Sponsors and Collaborators

H. Lundbeck A/S

Investigators


Study Director:	Email contact via H. Lundbeck A/S	LundbeckClinicalTrials@lundbeck.com

More Information

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Montgomery SA, Nielsen RZ, Poulsen LH, Häggström L. A randomised, double-blind study in adults with major depressive disorder with an inadequate response to a single course of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor or serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor treatment switched to vortioxetine or agomelatine. Hum Psychopharmacol. 2014 Sep;29(5):470-82.


Responsible Party:	H. Lundbeck A/S
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT01488071 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	14178A 2011-002362-21 ( EudraCT Number )
First Submitted:	November 29, 2011
First Posted:	December 8, 2011
Results First Submitted:	December 19, 2013
Results First Posted:	March 26, 2014
Last Update Posted:	March 26, 2014
Last Verified:	February 2014

Keywords provided by H. Lundbeck A/S:


Depression Multimodal antidepressant

Additional relevant MeSH terms:


Depressive Disorder Depression Depressive Disorder, Major Mood Disorders Mental Disorders Behavioral Symptoms Antidepressive Agents Vortioxetine S 20098 Psychotropic Drugs Anti-Anxiety Agents Tranquilizing Agents Central Nervous System Depressants	Physiological Effects of Drugs Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors Membrane Transport Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Neurotransmitter Agents Serotonin Agents Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Agonists Serotonin Receptor Agonists Serotonin 5-HT1 Receptor Antagonists Serotonin Antagonists Serotonin 5-HT3 Receptor Antagonists Hypnotics and Sedatives

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