Major Depressive Disorder
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Patients with a DSM-5 classification-based diagnosis of major depressive disorder, single episode or major depressive disorder, recurrent episode with the current episode persisting for 4 and more than 4 weeks to 1 and less than 1 year - Patients with a total score of 18 and more than 18 on the 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Patients with a diagnosis of any of the following diseases according to DSM-5 Neurocognitive disorders, history or complication of schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorder, history or complication of bipolar and related disorders, feeding and eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, personality disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, substance-related and addictive disorders (within 180 days prior to informed consent) - Patients exhibiting mood-incongruent psychotic features in the current major depressive episode - Patients who, in the opinion of the investigator or subinvestigator, are judged to have treatment-resistant depression, ie, a certain degree of therapeutic effect is not obtained by administration of 2 or more antidepressants having different mechanisms of action at sufficient doses for at least 6 weeks for the current major depressive episode - Patients receiving augmentation treatment, such as antipsychotics, for the current major depressive episode (excluding the use of sulpiride for depression/depressive state or gastric/duodenal ulcer)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| efficacy Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| efficacy MADRS,CGI-I,CGI-S,HAM-D,MADRS-S,Apathy scale | — |
Countries
Japan