Efficacy and Safety of S 47445 Versus Placebo as Adjunctive Treatment in Depressed Patients Not Fully Recovered From Depressive Symptoms With a Current Antidepressant Treatment
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02805439 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : June 20, 2016
Last Update Posted : January 3, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Major Depressive Disorder | Drug: S47445 15mg Drug: S47445 50mg Drug: Placebo | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 400 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Efficacy and Safety of S 47445 Versus Placebo as Adjunctive Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder in Patients With an Inadequate Response to Antidepressant Therapy: A Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled International, Multicentre Study |
Study Start Date : | March 2016 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | April 2017 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | April 2017 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: S47445 15mg |
Drug: S47445 15mg
One tablet of S47445 15 mg taken orally once a day during breakfast concomitantly to the current selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment, starting the day after inclusion visit and ending the day of the W8 visit. |
Experimental: S47445 50mg |
Drug: S47445 50mg
One tablet of S47445 50 mg taken orally once a day during breakfast concomitantly to the current selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment, starting the day after inclusion visit and ending the day of the W8 visit. |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo |
Drug: Placebo
One tablet of placebo taken orally once a day during breakfast concomitantly to the current selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment, starting the day after inclusion visit and ending the day of the W8 visit. |
- Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) total score expressed as change from baseline value [ Time Frame: 8 weeks of treatment ]
- HAM-D total score [ Time Frame: at week 0, week 2, week 4, week 6 and week 8 ]Depressive symptoms
- Response to treatment defined by HAM-D total score decrease from baseline ≥ 50% [ Time Frame: at week 0, week 2, week 4, week 6 and week 8 ]Depressive symptoms
- Clinical Global Impression scale (CGI), item 1 (Severity of depression) and item 2 (global Improvement) scores, response to treatment (CGI item 2 = 1 or 2) [ Time Frame: CGI item 1 at week 0, week 2, week 4, week 6 and week 8 and item 2 at week 2, week 4, week 6 and week 8 ]Depressive symptoms
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD), Anxiety and Depression sub-scores [ Time Frame: at week 0, week 2, week 4, week 6 and week 8 ]Depressive symptoms
- Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) scores (Work, social and family life) [ Time Frame: at week 0, week 2, week 4, week 6 and week 8 ]Social functioning
- Adverse Events [ Time Frame: through study completion (an average of 12 weeks) ]Safety criterion
- Body Weight [ Time Frame: at week 4 and week 8 ]Safety criterion
- BMI [ Time Frame: at week 4 and week 8 ]Safety criterion
- Laboratory tests (haematology and biochemistry) [ Time Frame: at week 4 and week 8 ]Safety criterion
- 12-lead ECG [ Time Frame: at week 4 and week 8 ]Safety criterion
- Vital signs (standing and supine Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure, heart rate) [ Time Frame: at week 0, week 2, week 4, week 6 and week 8 ]Safety criterion
- Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) [ Time Frame: at week 0, week 2, week 4, week 6 and week 8 ]Safety criterion

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Outpatients
- Fulfilling DSM-5 criteria for Major Depressive Disorder confirmed by the brief structured interview M.I.N.I. (single or recurrent episode, current episode ≤ 12 months, current depressive episode of moderate or severe intensity, with or without anxious distress, with or without melancholic features, without mixed features or atypical features, without seasonal pattern, without psychotic features, without catatonic features, without peripartum onset for the current episode)
- Patients treated for the current depressive episode with an antidepressant treatment with SSRI (fluoxetine, citalopram, paroxetine, escitalopram or sertraline) given in monotherapy at recommended dose for at least 6 weeks and no more than 4 months and with a stable dosage for at least 3 weeks
- HAM-D total score ≥ 20
- Clinical Global Impression Severity of illness (item 1): 6 ≥ CGI-S ≥ 4
- Antidepressant Treatment Response Questionnaire (ATQR) < 50% for the current SSRI
- Absence of any abnormalities likely to interfere with the conduct of the study (ECG, vital signs, laboratory tests, medical history)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Depressive episode of mild intensity according to DSM-5 criteria
- All types of depressive episodes other than those occurring in a Major Depressive Disorder (Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia) according to DSM-5 criteria, including persistent depressive disorder with intermittent or persistent major depressive episode according to DSM-5, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, Substance Induced Depressive Disorder, Depressive Disorder due to another Medical Condition, Other Specified or Unspecified Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder I or II, depressed episode, Schizoaffective Disorder (Depressive or Bipolar type))
- Depression onset within 12 months after a stroke
- Suicidal risk defined as a score > 3 on the item 3 of the HAM-D scale or in the investigator's opinion
- Lactose intolerance
- Patients with hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption
- Resistant depression for the current episode (patients who have not responded to 1 previous antidepressant treatment before the SSRI taken at an appropriate dose)
- Current panic disorder
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Current post traumatic stress disorder, current acute stress disorder
- Current or past psychotic disorder
- Any severe personality features

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02805439

Responsible Party: | Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02805439 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CL2-47445-014 2015-003867-13 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | June 20, 2016 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 3, 2020 |
Last Verified: | January 2020 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | Researchers can ask for a study protocol, patient-level and/or study-level clinical trial data including clinical study reports (CSRs). They can ask all interventional clinical studies:
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Supporting Materials: |
Study Protocol Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) Informed Consent Form (ICF) Clinical Study Report (CSR) |
Time Frame: | After Marketing Authorisation in EEA or US if the study is used for the approval. |
Access Criteria: | Researchers should register on Servier Data Portal and fill in the research proposal form. This form in four parts should be fully documented. The Research Proposal Form will not be reviewed until all mandatory fields are completed. |
URL: | https://clinicaltrials.servier.com/ |
Depressive Disorder Depression Depressive Disorder, Major |
Mood Disorders Mental Disorders Behavioral Symptoms |