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A United States Study of Corlux for Psychotic Symptoms in Psychotic Major Depression

NCT00130676 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 257

Last updated 2012-02-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Corlux (mifepristone) is a new medication that modulates the body's use of a hormone called cortisol. Under normal conditions, cortisol and other hormones are created by the body in response to physical and emotional stress, triggering a healthy stress response. People who suffer from psychotic major depression may have unusually high levels of cortisol circulating within them or abnormal patterns of cortisol levels, overloading the stress response mechanism and causing symptoms of psychosis such as delusional thoughts or hallucinations. If Corlux can keep the body's cortisol receptors from being overloaded, the stress response system may return to normal function, which may result in improvement of symptoms. The purpose of this 56 day study is to learn the safety and effectiveness of Corlux in patients who have been diagnosed with psychotic major depression (PMD).

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Mifepristone

daily for 7 days

DRUG

matching placebo

daily for 7 days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Corcept Therapeutics

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Katherine Beebe, PhD · Corcept Therapeutics

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-09-30
Primary Completion
2006-06-30
Completion
2006-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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