PREDICTage: Oral Fluency and the Response to Antidepressant Therapy in the Elderly With a Unipolar Depressive Episode
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The study focuses on the identification of clinical, physiological and morphological markers that could predict the response to antidepressant in elderly suffering from unipolar depressive disorder.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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N/A |
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: Single arm Psychiatric interview, Neuropsychological evaluations, cardiovascular risk assessment |
Other: Neuropsychological evaluations
Neuropsychological evaluations including oral fluency, performed specifically for the study
Other: Psychiatric interview
Other: Cardiovascular risk assessment
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Ability of the verbal fluency test score to predict the response to antidepressive treatment [week 10]
verbal fluency is assessed during the neuropsychological assessment
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Depressive episode according to DSM-5 criteria
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Unipolar depression
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MADRS ≥ 20
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Antidepressive treatment (Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors/Serotonin Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors)
Exclusion Criteria:
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Other comorbid mental disorders (bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, recent addiction < 3 months except for tobacco)
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Depression with psychotic features
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Serious unstabilized somatic illness
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Protected persons
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Dementia suspected at the time of enrollment
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon | Besançon | France | 25000 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Caroline Masse-Sibille, MD, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- P/2016/297