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The Study of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy and Major Depressive Disorder

NCT03558256 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 105

Last updated 2018-10-15

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Summary

The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the clinical curative effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy(MBCT) for major depressive disorder(MDD). Moreover, we will also explore the relationship between P300 potential and erroneous negative potential (ERN) variation and clinical symptoms in MDD and MBCT.

This study is a randomized-control trial with two study arms: half of patient cases will receive usual medication treatment with the serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and half of patient cases will receive MBCT added to the usual medication treatment. This study is also a case-control trial, there will be matched normal controls compared with patient cases through a range of psychological scales and electroencephalogram.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy

Patients participating in the experimental group will receive the MBCT intervention besides the usual medication treatment. The intervention is implemented by the manual adapted from the MBCT for Depression (Segal et al. 2013). The modified version of the program has the same structure with the original manual combined the mindfulness training and the cognitive elements from CBT, but the content is more suitable for the Chinese. The instructors in this study are trained and certificated psychiatrists and psychotherapists with rich experience of working with MDD, and they will receive a weekly supervision conducted by a senior supervisor.

DRUG

Medication

Both of the MBCT group and the medication group will receive the medication treatment. The initial dose conforms the drug instructions, the dosage can be adjusted once a week, and the maximum dosage should not exceed the maximum amount by the instructions. MDD patients with sleep disorders can use drugs combined with benzodiazepine drugs, but not continuing for more than two weeks; while other psychotropic drugs are not allowed. All of the drugs used in this study are usual clinical drugs with good security, the common adverse reactions include nausea, dry mouth, constipation, diarrhea, indigestion, dizziness, drowsiness, fatigue, sweating, heart palpitations, delayed ejaculation in male, increasing blood aminotransferase without symptoms occasionally and so on.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shanghai Mental Health Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yifeng Shen, Senior · Shanghai Mental Health Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-05-16
Primary Completion
2018-12-31
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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