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Filter by:This will be an open label study of escitalopram. Patients not responsive to citalopram will be switched directly to escitalopram. Patients will receive escalating doses of escitalopram up to a maximum of 50 mg until they either achieve remission (MADRS <9) or fail to tolerate the dose.
The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) is an NIH Roadmap initiative to develop a computerized system measuring patient-reported outcomes in respondents with a wide range of chronic diseases and demographic characteristics. In the first four years of its existence, the PROMIS network developed item banks for measuring patient-reported outcomes in the areas of pain, fatigue, emotional distress, physical function, and social functioning. During the item banking process, the PROMIS network conducted focus groups, individual cognitive interviews, and lexile (reading level) analyses to refine the meaning, clarity, and literacy demands of all items. The item banks were administered to over 20,000 respondents and calibrated using models based on item response theory (IRT). Using these IRT calibrations, computerized adaptive test (CAT) algorithms were developed and implemented. The network has designed a series of studies using clinical populations to evaluate the item attributes, examine their utility as CATs, and validate the item banks. More information on the PROMIS network can be found at www.nihpromis.org.
Observational, non-interventional, longitudinal, prospective,multicenter, open label (No treatment is involved). 3 assessment will be carried out . The 1st one will be on baseline, the 2sd one after a significant change in pharmacological treatment and 3rd one after a second significant change in pharmacological treatment. If there isn´t any significant change in therapeutic plan a control assessment will be carry out in week 10th and 24th. A significant treatment change is defined as a change in SSRI/SNRI, to add another SSRI/SNRI or a augmentation treatment added to SSRI/SNRI. The primary objective is to describe therapeutical strategies (antidepressant change, association with another antidepressant or association with another treatment) in the management of patients with MDD with incomplete response or intolerance to an antidepressant after a first or a second failure; and when the psychiatrist decide a change of strategy. Secondary objectives include: 1 - To describe the clinic profile of depressive patients with incomplete response or intolerance to an antidepressant after a first or a second failure; 2- To describe the profile of patients based on therapeutic strategies used and number of therapeutic strategies; 4- Evaluate the use of health resource due to lack of fast onset of action, and social cost (productivity, care givers…); 5 - To associate clinical variable with therapeutic action by psychiatrist.
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of (a) quetiapine XR and (b) mirtazapine on sleep when given as an antidepressant (monotherapy). We hypothesize that (a) quetiapine XR has an immediate and lasting positive effect on sleep in depressed patients which does not differ from the impact of mirtazapine on sleep in this group of patients; (b) in the context of a secondary objective, we expect an antidepressant effect of quetiapine XR which is equivalent to that of mirtazapine.
The purpose of this research study is to determine whether AZD6765 has an effect on the patient's depression when taken together with current depression medication. In addition, information will be gathered on how well AZD6765 is tolerated, investigate the levels of AZD6765 and the levels of the current depression medication in the blood. In addition, the research staff will determine if AZD6765 has any mood or calming effects (how you feel).
The study will evaluate a unique natural experiment that aims to transform the primary care of patients with depression. The experiment's aim is to cause statewide implementation of an evidence-based care model for depression by changing the reimbursement system and by using an established regional collaborative (the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement) to both facilitate the model's widespread use and certify that medical groups have implemented it. Study hypotheses include the following: 1. Newly treated depressed patients in medical groups that have implemented the new reimbursement and facilitation will report receiving higher rates of best care processes than such patients in these medical groups before implementation. 2. Rates of best care practices reported to be received by newly treated depressed patients two years after each medical group implements changes will be maintained at least at the rate reported by patients one year post implementation. 3. Newly treated depressed patients in medical groups that have participated in the new reimbursement and facilitation will have greater improvement in depression symptoms and work productivity and lower healthcare costs than such patients in groups before participation. 4. Medical group measures of priority for improving depression care, capability to manage change, and practice systems will be predictive of more patient-reported best care processes, both at one point in time and in change over time.
The purpose of this neuroimaging study is to investigate the brain correlates of Major Depressive Disorder with anxiety symptoms as well as potentially identify predictors of treatment outcome.
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate efficacy, safety and clinical benefit of Trazodone Contramid® OAD (Once A Day) in the treatment of Unipolar Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
The investigators intend to test in a single center, clinical pilot efficacy study the primary hypothesis that Magnetic Seizure Therapy (MST) as add-on therapy to a controlled pharmacotherapy is efficacious in the treatment of refractory major depression assessed with the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD).
Tools known as 'depression scales 'are widely used as assessments to evaluate a patient's response to treatment. The purpose of this study is the evaluation of the remission rates for patients with MDD. The evaluation will involve the use of HAM-D 17, and HAM-D 7 questionnaires and the comparison of those questionnaires.