An Efficacy and Safety Study of Escitalopram Long-Term Treatment in Major Depressive Disorder With Associated Anxiety Symptoms

Depressive Disorder, Major Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Escitalopram in the Long-term Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder With Associated Anxiety Symptom

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01814098
• Other study ID #: CR016381
• Secondary ID: ESCITALDEP4002
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• First received: March 14, 2013
• Last updated: September 28, 2017
• Start date: July 7, 2009
• Est. completion date: November 30, 2011

Study information

• Verified date: September 2017
• Source: Xian-Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd.
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of long term escitalopram treatment in participants with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) with associated anxiety symptoms.

Description:

This is an open-label (all people know the identity of the intervention), single arm, prospective (study following participants forward in time), post-marketing, multi-center (when more than one hospital or medical school team work on a medical research study) study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of escitalopram in participants with MDD with associated anxiety symptoms. The duration of the study will be 24 weeks at a starting dose of escitalopram 10 milligram per day (mg/day). The dose will be flexibly adjusted (maximum 20 mg/day) after 2 weeks of treatment depending on Investigator's discretion. The study will consist of 9 visits: Baseline, Week 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24. Assessments of efficacy and safety will be performed at each visit. The primary efficacy evaluation will be done by Montgomery-Asbery Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) and Hamilton Anxiety Scale(HAM-A). Participant's safety will also be monitored throughout the study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 318
• Est. completion date: November 30, 2011
• Est. primary completion date: May 31, 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participant must be willing and able to give written informed consent

• Participant currently suffering from Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) with anxious symptoms including participant with first MDD episode, and relapsed participant with new episode

• Participant with minimum score at baseline of 22 on the Montgomery-Asbery Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) and minimum score at baseline of 14 on Hamilton Anxiety Rating (HAM-A) scales

• Female participant must be surgically sterile, or practicing an effective method of birth control before entry and throughout the study

Exclusion Criteria:

Participant who has continuously taken psychoactive substances, antidepressants, anxiolytics, monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), psychoactive herbal remedies, lithium, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) carbamazepine in the past 2 weeks before the baseline visit

• Participants with MDD, requiring treatment systematically within past 2 months from baseline - Participants who has contraindication to escitalopram - Participant has primary or comorbid diagnoses of schizophrenia (psychiatric disorder with symptoms of emotional instability, detachment from reality, often with delusions and hallucinations [imagining things], and withdrawal into the self), schizoaffective disorder (a mixed psychiatric disorder relating to a complex psychotic state that has features of both schizophrenia and a mood disorder such as bipolar disorder), bipolar disorder, or dementia (mental decline) - Participant who has a significant risk of suicide on clinical assessment or has made a serious suicide attempt within the past 6-month

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Depressive Disorder
• Depressive Disorder, Major
• Disease

Intervention

Drug:
• Escitalopram
Escitalopram tablets will be administered orally at 10 milligram per day (mg/day). The dose may be increased to maximum of 20 mg/day depending on Investigators discretion for 24 weeks

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Xian-Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd.

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Percentage of Participants With Remission According to Montgomery-Asbery Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) and Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A)	Remission is defined as MADRS total score =<10 and HAM-A score =<7. MADRS measures depression severity and detects changes due to antidepressant treatment. It consists of 10 items, each scoring from 0 (not present) to 6 (severe). Total score= 0-60. Higher scores indicate more severe condition. HAM-A is 14-item scale measuring anxiety in individuals. Each question reflects a symptom of anxiety (physical and mental symptoms). The answers range from 0 (complete lack of symptom) to 4 (very severe show of anxiety with that symptom). Total score= 0-56. Higher scores indicate a more severe condition.	Week 24
Secondary	Percentage of Participants Showing Response	Response is defined as having more than or equal to 50 percent decrease from baseline of MADRS total score. The MADRS is a scale designed to measure depression severity and detects changes due to antidepressant treatment. The test consists of 10 items, each of which is scored from 0 (item not present or normal) to 6 (severe or continuous presence of the symptoms), for a total score of 60. Higher scores represent a more severe condition.	Week 24
Secondary	Change From Baseline in MADRS Total Score at Week 24	The MADRS is a scale designed to measure depression severity and detects changes due to antidepressant treatment. The test consists of 10 items, each of which is scored from 0 (item not present or normal) to 6 (severe or continuous presence of the symptoms), for a total score of 60. Higher scores represent a more severe condition.	Baseline and Week 24
Secondary	Change From Baseline of Single Rating Item in MADRS Total Score at Week 24	The MADRS is a scale designed to measure depression severity and detects changes due to antidepressant treatment. The test consists of 10 items, each of which is scored from 0 (item not present or normal) to 6 (severe or continuous presence of the symptoms), for a total score of 60. Higher scores represent a more severe condition.	Baseline and Week 24
Secondary	Change From Baseline in Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD)-17 Score at Week 24	The depressive symptoms will be assessed using the 17-item HAMD scale, which provides a total score (0-52) (sum of the scores of all 17 items ). For total score of each item, higher score indicates severity of depressive symptom.	Baseline and Week 24
Secondary	Change From Baseline in Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A) Score at Week 24	The HAM-A is a 14-item scale designed to measure anxiety in individuals,which provide a total score of 0-56. Higher scores indicate a more severe condition. Each question reflects a symptom of anxiety and physical as well as mental symptoms are represented. The answers range from 0 which signifies a complete lack of that symptom to 4, which indicates a very severe show of anxiety with that symptom.	Baseline and Week 24
Secondary	Change From Baseline of Single Rating Item in HAM-A at Week 24	The HAM-A is a 14-item scale designed to measure anxiety in individuals,which provide a total score of 0-56. Higher scores indicate a more severe condition. Each question reflects a symptom of anxiety and physical as well as mental symptoms are represented. The answers range from 0 which signifies a complete lack of that symptom to 4, which indicates a very severe show of anxiety with that symptom.	Baseline and Week 24
Secondary	Change From Baseline in Clinical Global Impression Score (CGI-S) at Week 24	The CGI-S rating scale is a 7 point global assessment that measures the clinician's impression of the severity of illness exhibited by a participant. A rating of 1 is equivalent to "Normal, not at all ill" and a rating of 7 is equivalent to "Among the most extremely ill participants". Higher scores indicate worsening.	Baseline and Week 24
Secondary	Change From Baseline in Short Form-12 (SF-12) Score at Week 24	The SF-12 consists of eight scaled scores, which are the weighted sums of the questions in their section. The eight sections are: vitality, physical functioning, bodily pain, general health perceptions, physical role functioning, emotional role functioning, social role functioning, and mental health Each item is scored into on a 0-100 range. All items are scored so that a high score defines a more favorable health state.	Baseline and Week 24

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