Investigation of a Combination Treatment of Escitalopram and rTMS

NCT00232700 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2011-06-23

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Summary

We intend to test in a randomized, rater blinded, placebo controlled, prospective study the primary hypothesis that an escitalopram-rTMS-combination treatment is more efficacious in the treatment of refractory major depression assessed with the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Escitalopram

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • H. Lundbeck A/S

    collaborator INDUSTRY
  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Malek Bajbouj, MD · Department of Psychiatry, Charité - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Eschenallee 3, 14050 Berlin, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-09-30
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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