Clinical trials: Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder
Phase 1 Study to Assess the Safety/Tolerability of Brexpiprazole as Adjunctive Therapy in Elderly Subjects With Major Depressive Disorder
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of ascending multiple oral doses of brexpiprazole as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of elderly subjects with MDD.
- Trial name
- NCT01670279
- Testing
- Brexpiprazole
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.
Major Depressive Disorder
Stress and the Sympathetic Nervous System in Adults With Depression
To test our hypotheses, we will enroll healthy adults having no history of mood disorders and adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) having a broad range of depressive symptom severity.
- Trial name
- NCT04838262
- Testing
- Acute Stressors
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 94 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Delaware
Major Depression
Study of Brain Response to Emotional Pictures Using a fMRI While on Duloxetine
The purpose of this study is to find out what parts of the brain have increased or decreased activity when people are depressed and how antidepressant medicine changes this activity in depressed patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00532480
- Testing
- Duloxetine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Unipolar Depression, Bipolar Depression
The Antidepressant Efficacy of the Anticholinergic Scopolamine
A previous study showed that the intravenous administration of scopolamine produces antidepressant effects. This study is designed to determine if other routes of administration of scopolamine produce antidepressant effects.
- Trial name
- NCT00369915
- Testing
- Scopolamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Affective Disorders, Psychotic, Depressive Disorder
Treatment of Psychotic Major Depression With Mifepristone
The purpose of this research study is to see how certain hormones cause changes in mood and thinking in some depressed patients and to determine the effectiveness of mifepristone in treating some forms of depression.
- Trial name
- NCT00867360
- Testing
- Mifepristone (RU-486)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Treatment Resistant Major Depressive Disorder
This is a Study to Determine the Antidepressant Effects of AZD6765
The purpose of this study is to determine the antidepressant effects of AZD6765 compared to placebo.
- Trial name
- NCT00986479
- Testing
- AZD6765
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Major Depressive Disorder, Back Pain
Duloxetine Treatment of Major Depression and Chronic Low Back Pain For Older Adults
The following primary hypotheses will be tested: 1. During Step 1: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) or Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP) in < 40% of the initial 60 subjects treated with duloxetine (DUL) + Clinical Management(CM) during…
- Conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder, Back Pain, Aged
- Trial name
- ACHIEVE2 (NCT00696293)
- Testing
- Duloxetine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Major Depressive Disorder, Depression
Brain Imaging of rTMS Treatment for Depression
The overarching goal of this research program is to elucidate causal and directional neural network- level abnormalities in depression, and how they are modulated by an individually-tailored, circuit-directed intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT01829165
- Testing
- rTMS Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Depression, Unipolar
Treating Major Depression With Yoga: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial
This was a randomized controlled pilot trial to evaluate clinical efficacy and feasibility of hatha yoga as a mono-therapy for major depression.
- Trial name
- NCT01210651
- Testing
- Hatha Yoga Practice Group, Attention Control Education Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Major Depressive Disorder
A Personalized Approach to Effects of Affective Bias Modification on Symptom Change and Rumination
This study evaluates the effect of a computerized intervention for depressive symptoms called Affective Bias Modification (ABM).
- Trial name
- NCT04137367
- Testing
- Affective bias modification
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 108 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oslo
Depressive Disorder, Major
A Study of Rapastinel for Rapid Treatment of Depression and Suicidality in Major Depressive Disorder
The study will evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of 450 milligrams (mg) of Rapastinel, compared to placebo in adult patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) who are at imminent risk of suicide.
- Trial name
- NCT03352453
- Testing
- Rapastinel
- Where
- 17 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 138 people
- Sponsor
- Naurex, Inc, an affiliate of Allergan plc
Major Depressive Disorder
Dopaminergic Effects of Adjunctive Aripiprazole on the Brain in Treatment-Resistant Depression
Aripiprazole has been approved by the FDA for augmenting ineffective/partially effective oral antidepressant therapy in patients suffering from major depression. The mechanism by which this augmentation is achieved is not known.
- Trial name
- NCT00953745
- Testing
- Escitalopram, Aripiprazole
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Postpartum Depression
Postpartum Depression: Transdermal Estradiol Versus Sertraline
The purpose of this study is to determine whether estrogen patches are effective for the treatment of postpartum major depression, as compared to sertraline (Zoloft) and placebo.
- Trial name
- E2SERT (NCT00744328)
- Testing
- Transdermal Estradiol, Sertraline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Depressive Disorder, Major
Safety and Efficacy of Vortioxetine (Lu AA21004) in Adults With Major Depressive Disorder
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of vortioxetine, once daily (QD), compared with placebo in adults with major depressive disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT01153009
- Testing
- Vortioxetine, Duloxetine
- Where
- 56 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 614 people
- Sponsor
- Takeda
Depressive Disorder, Major
Study Evaluating Desvenlafaxine Succinate Sustained Release (DVS SR) In The Treatment Of Major Depressive Disorder
The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of two doses of DVS SR (50 and 100 mg/day) in the treatment of adults with Major Depressive Disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT00384033
- Testing
- Desvenlafaxine Succinate Sustained-Release (DVS SR), Duloxetine 60 mg/day
- Where
- 22 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 638 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Major Depressive Disorder
Trial of Levomilnacipran in Geriatric Depression
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of levomilnacipran (FETZIMA) compared to placebo for the treatment of depression in older adults.
- Trial name
- LMIL (NCT02466958)
- Testing
- levomilnacipran
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Major Depressive Disorder
Efficacy Study of Vortioxetine on Cognitive Dysfunction in Adult Patients With Major Depressive Disorder
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a severe and common psychiatric disorder. Although MDD primarily involves mood disturbances, patients also usually present alterations in cognitive function (attention, memory, executive…
- Trial name
- FOCUS (NCT01422213)
- Testing
- Vortioxetine (Lu AA21004)
- Volunteers
- 598 people
- Sponsor
- H. Lundbeck A/S
Major Depressive Disorder
Targeting IL-17A for Treatment-Resistant Depression
The proposed study aims to test ixekizumab, a monoclonal antibody (mAb) against interleukin 17A (IL-17A), in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD).
- Trial name
- NCT04979910
- Testing
- Ixekizumab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Major Depressive Disorder, Insomnia
Time to Remission of Depressive Symptoms With Combined SSRI and Ramelteon
Hypothesis I: Patients in the SSRI + ramelteon treatment group will achieve remission (defined as an IDS-C30 score of 11 or less) more quickly than those in the SSRI + placebo group.
- Trial name
- TAKEDA (NCT00642694)
- Testing
- Escitalopram, Ramelteon
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Depressive Disorder, Depression
Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Fixed Dose OPC-34712 as Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Adults With Major Depressive Disorder (the Pyxis Trial)
To compare the effect of OPC-34712 (brexpiprazole) to the effect of placebo (an inactive substance) as add on treatment to an assigned FDA approved antidepressant treatment (ADT) in patients with Major Depressive Disorder who…
- Conditions
- Depressive Disorder, Depression, Depressive Disorder, Major, Mood Disorders
- Trial name
- Pyxis (NCT01360645)
- Testing
- OPC-34712 + ADT
- Where
- 57 sites in United States, Canada and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 826 people
- Sponsor
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.