View clinical trials related to Major Depressive Disorder.
Filter by:The purpose of the study is to examine the effects of a form of talk therapy called cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in the treatment of major depression in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD).
The purpose of this study is to see if creatine, which is a naturally occurring chemical in the body, is effective for treating Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in female teenagers. Creatine may have effects of interest in the brain. The reason for the MRI component of this study is to learn about new ways to see inside the brain. The investigators will use magnetic fields and radio waves to look at the brain and chemicals in the brain. The investigators hope that this technique will have medial use in the future. The primary hypothesis of the study is that oral creatine supplementation will have a beneficial effect as adjunctive therapy in female adolescents with MDD who are non-responders to an adequate trial of the SSRIs Fluoxetine or Escitalopram.
The purpose of this study is to assess whether duloxetine is superior to placebo in the treatment of children and adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD)
The purpose of this study is to assess whether duloxetine is superior to placebo in the treatment of children and adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD)
The purpose of this study is to compare women randomized to Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) and those randomized to usual care in a community mental health center. The main outcome is depression, and it will be assessed in several ways. Other outcome measures will provide vital information about social, psychological, and health functioning. Key patient-level variables that predict outcomes will be identified. The acceptability of IPT will also be examined.
The purpose of this Venlafaxine-referenced study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of two fixed doses of Vortioxetine in the acute treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the long-term safety of desvenlafaxine succinate sustained release tablets during 10-month open-label treatment of Japanese subjects with major depressive disorder (MDD). The secondary objective is to evaluate the long-term response of subjects receiving desvenlafaxine succinate sustained release tablets by clinical global evaluation, general well-being and absence of symptoms.
The purpose of this research study is to find out if a test can predict whether someone with depression will get better with treatment. We also want to find out whether there are changes in the brains of depressed patients having different types of treatment (drug therapy vs. talk therapy). We hope that a test called QEEG (Quantitative Electroencephalogram) can tell us if a treatment is going to work, even before the person starts to feel better. Hypothesis 1: Response to treatment will correlate with changes in QEEG metrics. Hypothesis 2: QEEG parameters, different from those that predict response to pharmacotherapy, will be associated with response to CBT.
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of 3 fixed doses of SSR411298 (10, 50 or 200 mg daily) compared to placebo, in elderly patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), based on the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. Secondary objectives are: - To evaluate the tolerability and safety of an 8-week treatment with SSR411298 versus placebo in elderly patients with MDD. - To evaluate the effect of SSR411298 on disability, anxiety, cognitive function, sleep, pain and somatic symptoms related to depression, and bone markers. - To assess SSR411298 plasma concentrations. - To assess plasma endocannabinoid concentrations.
Studies show that depression is a risk factor for the development of coronary artery disease (CAD). Furthermore there is an increased occurrence of depression in patients with CAD. Among other mechanisms atherosclerosis is believed to play a central role regarding these notable associations between depression and CAD. Moreover, patients with late onset major depression have an increased number of small lesions found in the white matter of the brain, the so-called white matter lesions. The main goal of this project is to examine if CAD is associated with depression and/or white matter lesions. CAD is evaluated using coronary CT angiography. Depression is evaluated using a semi-structured diagnostic interview. White matter lesions are quantified using cerebral magnetic resonance.