MedTrace Logo

Hormonal Levels in Men With Major Depressive Disorder

NCT00429689 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 2000

Last updated 2011-08-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Subjects will be 1000 men meeting the following inclusion criteria: 1) male, age 18-65 years; 2) meeting DSM-IV criteria for major depressive disorder within the past one year, with a HAM-D score \>12.

Subjects will be excluded if they exhibit 1) a substance abuse or dependence disorder within the past year; 2) current psychotic symptoms; or 3) a history of bipolar disorder.

Procedure

After informed consent, eligible patients will have blood drawn for serum hormone levels; cortisol, DHEA-S and testosterone or they will provide a salivary sample for measurement of hormone levels.

We will also test hormone level form 1000 healthy males (from blood or saliva) at the same age for comparison.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Saliva sample

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sheba Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Stuart Seidman,, MD · West End Medical Associates

  • Revital Amiaz, MD · Sheba Medical Center

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

More Related Trials

Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT00429689 on ClinicalTrials.gov