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Imipramine Treatment for Patients With Multi-organ Bodily Distress Syndrome (Stress-3)

This study has been completed.
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01518634
First Posted: January 26, 2012
Last Update Posted: May 9, 2017
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Information provided by (Responsible Party):
University of Aarhus
  Purpose
The aim of this study is to test the effect of the tricyclic antidepressant Imipramine in patients with longlasting health problems with no known medical explanation, defined as multi-organ Bodily distress syndrome (BDS). Pharmacological treatment of patients with BDS have never been tested, and Imipramine i low dosage (10-75 mg) has the potential of reducing both pain and other symptoms of bodily distress for patients with BDS. Control conditions are pill placebo. Study duration is 19 weeks for each of the 140 patients. End point is 13 weeks, i.e. after 10 weeks of 25-75 mg study drug.

Condition Intervention Phase
Somatisation Disorder Somatoform Disorders Drug: Imipramine treatment Drug: Placebo Phase 2

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Treatment of Multi-organ Bodily Distress Syndrome. A Double-blinded Placebo Controlled Trial of the Effects of Imipramine (Stress-3)

Resource links provided by NLM:

Drug Information available for: Imipramine Imipramine hydrochloride Imipramine pamoate
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by University of Aarhus:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Global Clinical Improvement Scale [ Time Frame: After 13 weeks ]
    Questionnaire, patient-rated improvement of health since the beginning of the study.


Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • SF-36 [ Time Frame: At 1 and 13 weeks ]
    Questionnaire, patient-rated. Assessment of physical, social and mental functioning

  • Visual Analogue Scale for pain and worst symptom [ Time Frame: At 1 and 13 weeks ]
  • Symptom Checklist (SCL) [ Time Frame: At 1, 3 and 13 weeks ]
  • Functional Illness Checklist (FIC) [ Time Frame: At 1, 3 and 13 weeks ]
  • WHODAS II [ Time Frame: At 1 and 13 weeks ]
Enrollment: 138
Study Start Date: January 2012
Study Completion Date: December 2016
Primary Completion Date: December 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Imipramine treatment Drug: Imipramine treatment
Two-week of wash-out, one week of 10 mg study drug, 10 weeks of 25-75 mg study drug, four weeks of phasing-out and finaly two weeks after ther last dose of study drug to monito adverse events.
Placebo Comparator: Placebo Drug: Placebo
Two-week of wash-out, one week of 10 mg study drug, 10 weeks of 25-75 mg study drug, four weeks of phasing-out and finaly two weeks after ther last dose of study drug to monito adverse events.

Detailed Description:
The aim of this study is to test the effect of Imipramine in patients with multi-organ Bodily distress syndrome (BDS). BDS is a unifying diagnosis that encompasses a group of closely related conditions such as somatization disorder, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome. The project consists of a double-blinded placebo controlled trial of treatment with the tricyclic antidepressant Imipramine in dosages of 25-75 mg. Primary outcome is patient-rated improvement measured by Clinical Global Improvement Scale (CGI-I). Secondary outcome is functional level (physical, mental and social) measured by the SF-36 Physical Component Summary (PCS). The study requires 140 participants and study duration is 19 weeks for each patient. End point is 13 weeks, i.e. after 10 weeks of 25-75 mg study drug.
  Eligibility

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Ages Eligible for Study:   20 Years to 50 Years   (Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. First time refered patients fulfilling diagnostic criteria for BDS multi-organ type with symptoms for more than 3 of 4 symptom categories
  2. Moderate or severe impact on daily life
  3. Symptoms lasting for at least 2 years
  4. Age 20-50 years
  5. Born in Denmark or have Danish parents. The patient understands, speaks, writes and read Danish.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Presence og other physical of psychiatric condition, if the symptoms of this condition can not clearly be separated from symptoms of BDS
  2. Current moderate or severe depression, patients in continuous antidepressant treatment because of moderate or severe depression, and patients with other severe psychiatric disorder that demands treatment, or if the patient is suicidal.
  3. A lifetime-diagnosis of psychoses, mania or depression with psychotic symptoms (ICD-10: F20-29, F30-31, F32.3, F33.3)
  4. Abuse of alcohol, narcotics or drugs
  5. Pregnancy, breastfeeding or current pregnancy wish. Fertile women must use effective anticonception, (hormonal contraception, contraceptive injection, implant or patches, intrauterine system and device, vaginal ring).
  6. Treatment with all pain modulating drugs, e.g. all analgesics, antidepressants, antiepileptica and other types of medication with pain relieving properties must be discontinued at least two weeks before the treatment phase.
  7. Imipramine treatment in sufficient dosage within the last year, i.e. 25 mg daily continuously for at least 8 weeks.
  8. Allergy to study medication or excipients in study medication.
  9. Patients with previous med myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, signs of conduction defects or abnormalities on ECG (first degree AV-block, bundle branch block or prolonged QT-interval), narrow-angle glaucoma, porphyria, inherited galactose intolerance, epilepsy, hepatic insufficiency and severe renal impairment

  10. Simultaneous use of:

    • antipsychotics
    • oral anticoagulants
    • diuretics
    • sympathomimetics and CNS-stimulating drugs (amphetamine-like drugs)
    • all serotonergic drugs, e.g. SSRI, SNRI and TCA, the dietary supplement hypericum perforatum, non-selective, irreversible or selective, reversible monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, triptans, tramadol, pethidin and tryptophan
    • the drugs cimetidine (H2-antagonist), quinidine (antiarrythmics), clonidine (antihypertensive), fluconazol (antimycotics), clindamycin, clarithromycin, erythromycin (antibiotics), droperidol (anaesthetic), levodopa (antiparkinson), mefloquine (antimalaria), phenytoin, barbiturates, carbamazepin (antiepileptica)
    • Bupropion (tobacco dependence), celecoxib (NSAID), cinacalcet (antiparathyroid drug), duloxetine (SNRI), flufenazin (antipsychotic), fluoxetin (SSRI), gefitinib (antineoplastic), moclobemid (MAO), paroxetine, Sertraline (SSRI), Terbinafine (antimycotics), Yohimbin (erectile dysfunction) samt fluvoxamin (SSRI), ciprofloxacin and enoxacin (microbiotic), because plasma concentration of Imipramine can increase with the simultaneous use of these potent CYP2D6- and CYP1A2- inhibitors
  Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01518634


Locations
Denmark
Research Clinic for Functional Disorders
Aarhus, Denmark, 8000
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Aarhus
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Per k Fink, dr.med Research Clinic for Functional Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital
  More Information

Publications:
Agger JL, Schröder A, Gormsen LK, Jensen JS, Jensen TS, Fink PK. Imipramine versus placebo for multiple functional somatic syndromes (STreSS-3): a double-blind, randomised study. Lancet Psychiatry. 2017 May;4(5):378-388. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30126-8. Epub 2017 Apr 10.

Responsible Party: University of Aarhus
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01518634     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 2011-004294-87
First Submitted: January 13, 2012
First Posted: January 26, 2012
Last Update Posted: May 9, 2017
Last Verified: June 2016

Keywords provided by University of Aarhus:
Bodily Distress Syndrome
Medically unexplained symptoms
Functional somatic symptoms
Functional somatic syndromes
 Treatment
Imipramine
Tricyclic antidepressant

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Disease
Syndrome
Somatoform Disorders
Pathologic Processes
Mental Disorders
Imipramine
Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic
Antidepressive Agents
 Psychotropic Drugs
Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors
Neurotransmitter Uptake Inhibitors
Membrane Transport Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Adrenergic Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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