Exploratory Study on the Mood and Cytokine Levels in Female Healthy Participants and Major Depressive Disorder Patients

Major Depressive Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title: A 2-way Crossover Study to Explore the Effect of an Inflammatory and Psychosocial Stressor and a Combination Thereof on the Mood and Cytokine Levels in Young and Elderly Healthy Female Subjects and Female Subjects With Major Depressive Disorder

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of an inflammatory and a psychosocial stressor and the combination thereof on mood in healthy young and elderly participants and patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).

Clinical Trial Description

This is a 2-way crossover (method used to switch patients from one treatment arm to another in a clinical study), randomized (the study medication is assigned by chance), placebo-controlled (an inactive substance that is compared with a study medication to test whether the medication has a real effect in a clinical study) study in 3 cohorts (group of individuals with similar characteristics) ie, 18 healthy young female participants; 18 healthy elderly female participants; 18 female patients with a past history of MDD. Participants will be randomized to 1 of 6 possible treatment groups: Group 1: Treatment AB, Group 2: Treatment BA, Group 3: Treatment AC, Group 4: Treatment CA, Group 5: Treatment AD, Group 6: Treatment DA, where Treatment A is placebo vaccination, Treatment B is typhoid vaccination, Treatment C is psychosocial stress (Trier Social Stress Test [TSST]) followed by placebo vaccination, and Treatment D is psychosocial stress (TSST) followed by typhoid vaccination. Participants from each of the 3 cohorts will be randomized to these 6 treatment groups. In all the 6 groups the 1st treatment comes under Period 1 and 2nd treatment under Period 2 (eg, In Group 1: Treatment A [Period 1] and Treatment B [Period 2]) and there will be a minimally 7- and maximally 14- day washout period (period when no treatment is received) between the study periods. The study will consist of an eligibility screening examination (from 21 to 2 days prior to Day 1 of Period 1); a run-in visit (only prior to Period 1) in which eligible participants will be briefly explained about the cognitive test battery and immediately thereafter the baseline of cognitive function will be measured via these tests; 2 single-blind (a clinical study in which the person giving the treatment, but not the patient, knows which treatment the patient is receiving) treatment periods (2-way crossover); and a follow-up examination by phone (approximately 7 to 14 days after last treatment [Period 2]). For each participant, the maximal study duration will not exceed 8 weeks. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacodynamics Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

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

• NCT number: NCT01533285
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V., Belgium
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 0
• Start date: May 2012
• Completion date: November 2013