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Depression: The Search for Treatment-Relevant Phenotypes-Pilot Study

NCT00222820 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2005-09-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

We are doing this pilot study to learn more about four aspects of treating depression:

1. The features of a depressed person's mood and anxiety and how these features affect a person's capacity to get better and stay better.
2. If depressed people with certain features of mood and anxiety respond better to therapy, medication or a combination of therapy and medication.
3. Whether or not a person's personality traits affect how they respond to treatment.
4. The gene involved in processing antidepressant medication

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

escitalopram

BEHAVIORAL

Interpersonal Psychotherapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mental Health Intervention Research Center (MHIRC)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ellen Frank, Ph.D. · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-04-30
Completion
2004-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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