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A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Intranasal Esketamine Plus an Oral Antidepressant in Elderly Participants With Treatment-resistant Depression

NCT02422186 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 139

Last updated 2025-04-29

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of switching elderly participants with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) from a prior antidepressant treatment (to which they have not responded) to either intranasal esketamine plus a new oral antidepressant or switching to a new oral antidepressant plus intranasal placebo.

Conditions

  • Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant

Interventions

DRUG

Esketamine

All participants will start with first dose (Day 1 as 28 milligram \[mg\]); second dose (Day 4) is either 28 or 56 mg. All subsequent doses may be 28, 56 or 84 mg. After the first dose, all dosing decisions are determined by the investigator based on efficacy and tolerability.

DRUG

Placebo

Participants will self-administer matching placebo, intranasally, twice per week for 4-weeks as a flexible dose regimen in the Double-Blind Induction Phase.

DRUG

Duloxetine (Oral Antidepressant)

Duloxetine could be selected as the oral antidepressant medication by the investigator based on review of Massachusetts General Hospital -Antidepressant Treatment Response Questionnaire (MGH-ATRQ) and relevant prior antidepressant medication information. The minimum therapeutic dose is 60 milligram per day (mg/day).

DRUG

Escitalopram (Oral Antidepressant)

Escitalopram could be selected as the oral antidepressant medication by the investigator based on review of MGH-ATRQ and relevant prior antidepressant medication information. Escitalopram will be given at a dose of 10 mg/day throughout the Double-Blind Induction Phase. This dose (10 mg/day) is the also the minimum therapeutic dose.

DRUG

Sertraline (Oral Antidepressant)

Sertraline could be selected as the oral antidepressant medication by the investigator based on review of MGH-ATRQ and relevant prior antidepressant medication information. Sertraline may be titrated up to a dose of 150 mg/day, but if not tolerated the dose can be reduced to the minimum therapeutic dose of 50 mg/day.

DRUG

Venlafaxine Extended Release (XR) (New Antidepressant)

Venlafaxine Extended Release could be selected as the oral antidepressant medication by the investigator based on review of MGH-ATRQ and relevant prior antidepressant medication information. Venlafaxine Extended Release may be titrated up to a dose of 150 mg/day, but if not tolerated the dose can be reduced to the minimum therapeutic dose of 75 mg/day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Janssen Research & Development, LLC Clinical Trial · Janssen Research & Development, LLC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-08-20
Primary Completion
2017-08-10
Completion
2017-08-10

Countries

  • United States
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Finland
  • France
  • Lithuania
  • Poland
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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