Trazodone Once a Day in Major Depression Disorder
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02086929 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : March 13, 2014
Last Update Posted : December 30, 2015
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Major Depressive Disorder | Drug: Trazodone Drug: Venlafaxine | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 364 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Double-blind Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Trazodone OAD and Venlafaxine XR in the Treatment of Patients With Major Depressive Disorder. |
Study Start Date : | December 2012 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | April 2014 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | April 2014 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Trazodone
300 mg/day for 8 weeks (including 1 week 150 mg/day of dose-titration). After 3 and 5 weeks of treatment, non responders will have dose increases (in increments of 75 mg/day) till to reach the maximum of 450 mg/day. Dosage form: capsule. |
Drug: Trazodone |
Active Comparator: Venlafaxine XR
75 mg/die for 8 weeks. After 3 and 5 weeks of treatment, non responders will have dose increases (in increments of 75 mg/day) till to reach the maximum of 225 mg/day. Dosage form: capsule. |
Drug: Venlafaxine |
- Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) score [ Time Frame: Day 56 ]Mean change from baseline (Day 0) in HAMD score at Day 56.
- Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) score [ Time Frame: Day 56 ]Mean change from baseline (Day 0) in MADRS score at Day 56.
- Clinical Global Impression (CGI) Severity of Illness score [ Time Frame: Day 56 ]CGI-Severity of Illness improvement at Day 56.
- Clinical Global Impression (CGI) Global improvement score [ Time Frame: Day 56 ]CGI-Global improvement at Day 56.
- Percentage of responders [ Time Frame: Day 56 ]Rate of patients with a 50% decrease with respect to baseline on the HAMD score at Day 56.
- Percentage of patients with remission [ Time Frame: Day 56 ]Rate of patients with a HAMD score <or= at Day 56.
- Safety profile of trazodone OAD compared to venlafaxine XR [ Time Frame: 11 weeks ]Safety and tolerability will be assessed through adverse events monitoring, physical examinations and monitoring of vital signs, body weight, clinical laboratory tests, ECG.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- men and women 18-75 years of age (limits included) with no limitation of race;
- outpatients;
- major depressive disorder according to DSM-IV criteria as assessed using the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview;
- 17-item HAMD score > 18 at both screening and baseline visits with a decrease not exceeding 20% between screening and baseline;
- symptoms of depression for at least one month before study entry (screening visit);
- legally capable to give their consent to participate the study, and available to sign and date the written informed consent prior to the inclusion in the study;
- women of childbearing potential must agree not to start a pregnancy from the signature of the informed consent up to 30 days after the last administration of the investigational product.
Exclusion Criteria:
- participation in another trial involving any investigational drug during the past 60 days;
- known hypersensitivity to venlafaxine or trazodone or their excipients;
- use of venlafaxine or trazodone within the previous six months;
- acute, or chronic, or recurrent medical conditions that might affect/jeopardize the study results;
- significant liver disease, defined as active hepatitis or elevated liver enzymes > 3 times the upper boundary of the normal range;
- significant renal disease, defined as urea and/or creatinine > 3 times the upper boundary of the normal range
- myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to start of the double blind treatment;
- positive present history of glaucoma;
- history of risk factors for Torsade de Pointes, such as heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, bradycardia, cardiac conduction abnormalities, family history of long QT syndrome, cardiac hypertrophy, cardiomyopathy, chronic cardiac insufficiency;
- values of electrolytes (sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride) outside the normal laboratory range and judged clinically relevant by the Investigator;
- concomitant treatment with drugs known for QT prolongation, or with drugs producing hypokalemia, or diuretics;
- QTcF values higher than 450 msec in the ECG performed at the screening;
- history of major depression resistant to medical treatments (previous failure to respond to two consecutive antidepressants of different classes used for a sufficient length of time at appropriate doses);
- history of seizure events other than a single childhood febrile seizure;
- history of alcohol or psychoactive substance abuse or addiction (except caffeine or nicotine) during the last year as defined by DSM-IV criteria;
- positive urine drug screen for CNS-active drugs (cocaine, opioids, amphetamines and cannabinoids) at Visit 1 (screening);
- acute risk of suicide (HAMD, criterion 3 with a value > 3);
- presence of any primary psychiatric disorder other than major depression;
- history or presence of bipolar disorder, any psychotic disorder, mental disorder due to general medical conditions;
- pregnancy, lactation, or female with a positive urine pregnancy test result at Visit 1 (Screening);
- electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) within 30 days prior to the screening visit;
- use of antipsychotic drugs within two months prior to the baseline visit (Visit 2);
- use of any anxiolytic or sedative hypnotic drug within seven days prior to the baseline (Visit 2) and during the study. Exception is stable low doses of benzodiazepines for insomnia (if taken by the patient more than two weeks before the Treatment Phase);
- use of any psychotropic drug or substance with central nervous system effects within seven days prior to the baseline visit (Visit 2);
- use of any non-psychotropic drug with psychotropic effects (e.g. alpha-adrenergic blockers) within seven days prior to the baseline visit (visit 2), unless a stable dose of the drug has been maintained for at least one month (three months for thyroid or hormonal medications) before the baseline visit (visit 2);
- concomitant treatment with CYP3A4 inhibitors (e.g. ketoconazole, ritonavir, indinavir);
- hyperthyroidism, even if pharmacologically corrected;
- start or discontinuation of psychotherapy within 6 weeks prior to screening;
- clinically significant abnormalities on physical examination, vital signs, ECG, laboratory tests at the screening visit;
- high blood pressure (supine systolic blood pressure > 160 mmHg or supine diastolic blood pressure > 90 mmHg) at screening or baseline, either untreated or under treatment with antihypertensives
- inability to comply with the protocol requirements, instructions and study-related restrictions; e.g. uncooperative attitude, inability to return for study-visits, and improbability of completing the clinical study;
- vulnerable subjects (e.g. persons kept in detention);
- if subject is the Investigator or his/her deputies, first grade relative, research assistant, pharmacist, study coordinator, other staff of relative thereof directly involved in the conduct of the study.

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Principal Investigator: | Filippo Bogetto, MD | Department of Neuroscience University of Turin - Italy |
Responsible Party: | Aziende Chimiche Riunite Angelini Francesco S.p.A |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02086929 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
039(C)SC11063 |
First Posted: | March 13, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 30, 2015 |
Last Verified: | December 2015 |
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