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Multi-Dimensional Diagnosis,Individualized Therapy,and Management Technique for Major Depressive Disorder:Based on Clinical and Pathological Characteristics

Multi-dimensional Diagnosis,Individualized Therapy,and Management Technique for Major Depressive Disorder:Based on Clinical and Pathological Characteristics

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03219008
Acronym
STEP-MDD
Enrollment
800
Registered
2017-07-17
Start date
2017-08-01
Completion date
2020-12-31
Last updated
2017-10-10

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Depressive Disorder

Keywords

depressive disorder, multi-dimensional diagnosis technique, individualized therapy, management technique, e-MBC, MBC

Brief summary

Major Depressive Disorder is one of the most common mental diseases,which increases health-care costs and the financial burden to families and societies. Considering its complex clinical symptoms and diversity of comorbidity, depressive disorder's recognition,diagnosis,and antihistone are based on symptomatology,which is lack of multidimensional diagnosis technique based on clinical pathological characteristics,as well as lack of individualized therapy strategy based on quantified evaluation. Besides, other physical diseases,such as nervous system diseases, cardiovascular diseases,endocrine diseases, have the high comorbidity of depressive disorder. However,there is no precise diagnosis technique or standardized therapy strategy. With all those taken into consideration,our study is aimed to adopt E-mental health and m-Health to explore multi-dimensional diagnosis, individualized therapy and management technique based on molecular biology,nerve electrophysiology,and neuroimaging technology etc.

Detailed description

Four parts included in our study: Part 1:The research, development and verification of indicators based on biomarkers and clinical characteristics to guide the diagnosis and treatment of depressive disorders 1. to screen biomarkers, to explore its pathophysiology, and to analyze the correlation between clinical subtypes/characteristics and biomarkers. 2. To differentiate the subtypes of depressive disorder(depression/underload, atypical, anxiety/somatization) based on clinical symptoms and clinical assessement. 3. To establish personalized therapy strategies,and to explore tool kits for diagnosis and treatment based on biomarkers and clinical characteristics. 4. to choose appropriate indicators to monitor therapy and side effect by collecting and analyzing blood/imaging/neuropsychological data. Part 2: The development,transition and application of hierarchical model diagnostic technique for physical diseases combined with depressive disorder. 1. to recruit patients with physical diseases combined with depressive disorder, and explore potential biomarkers. 2. To chose appropriate therapy strategies based on measurement based care(MBC), providing hierarchical model diagnostic technique for patients. 3. To weigh therapy efficiency and adverse effect among different medicine therapy groups. Part3: The development and application of comprehensive prevention, diagnosis,and intervention model of depressive disorder. 1. To explore and establish online screening and assistant diagnosis system for patients with depressive disorder. 2. research ,development and application of intelligent e-MBC. Part 4: The development,transition and application of e-MBC sharing platform.

Interventions

DRUGFluoxetine

Fluoxetine is one kind of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor(SSRIs), whose effect is much better than other non-underload subtypes compared with underload subtypes.So patients would be treated with fluoxetine only.

COMBINATION_PRODUCTfluoxetine + cognitive-behavioral treatment(CBT)

the investigators would recommend fluoxetine to help to cure depressive disorder.And CBT is a very effective way for patients to alleviate or relieve clinical symptoms during episode stage.

DRUGfluoxetine + Amfebutamone

Amfebutamone is one kind of SNRIs, and it shows much better therapy effect on patients with exhaustion /dizziness.So the investigators recommend these two drugs to help to cure patients with depressive disorder.

COMBINATION_PRODUCTphysical treatment+fluoxetine+amfebutamone

the investigators recommend drug(fluoxetine and amfebutamone) and physical treatment as intervention.

DRUGFluvoxamine

Fluvoxamine could inhibit CYP1A2 and CYP2C19 and affect the metabolism of melatonin, and help to release symptoms of depressive disorder with sleep problems.

DRUGLithium+fluvoxamine

the investigators recommend lithium as a mood stabilizer and use fluvoxamine to affect the level of melatonin.

COMBINATION_PRODUCTfluvoxamine + lithium + physical therapy

the investigators recommend depressants and mood stabilizers as well as physical therapy to help to cure depressive disorder.

COMBINATION_PRODUCTCognitive behavior treatment +fluvoxamine

the investigators recommend behavioral therapy as well as drugs.

DRUGMirtazapine/SNRIs

Mirtazapine is one kind of antagonist of a2 adrenergic receptors and could block 5-hydroxytryptamine2 and 5-hydroxytryptamine3,help to release symptoms like anxiety or somatization.Besides, SNRIs could also make similar effect on patients.Therefore, the investigators recommend mirtazapine/SNRIs to treat patients with depressive disorder.

COMBINATION_PRODUCTmirtazapine+ Cognitive behavior treatment

the investigators recommend CBT and mirtazapine as interventions.The dosage and frequency would depend on patients' severity of symptoms .

DRUGmirtazapine + SNRIs

the investigator recommend mirtazapine and SNRIs to treat patients with major depressive disorder.

COMBINATION_PRODUCTmirtazapine + SNRIs + physical therapy

the investigators would manage to use drugs and physical treatment to help to release the symptoms of depressive disorder.

OTHERTAU(treat as usual)

patients in this group would receive therapy strategies according to their symptoms and preference.

Sponsors

Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
CollaboratorOTHER
Chinese Academy of Sciences
CollaboratorOTHER_GOV
Shanxi Medical University
CollaboratorOTHER
Central South University
CollaboratorOTHER
Second Military Medical University
CollaboratorOTHER
Peking University Sixth Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
First Affiliated Hospital Xi'an Jiaotong University
CollaboratorOTHER
First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
CollaboratorOTHER
Air Force Military Medical University, China
CollaboratorOTHER
Zhejiang University
CollaboratorOTHER
Wuhan Mental Health Centre
CollaboratorOTHER
Corning Hospital, Shenzhen City
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
the First Specialized Subject Hospital of Harbin
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University
CollaboratorOTHER
Seventh People's Hospital of Hangzhou
CollaboratorOTHER
Shandong Mental Health Center
CollaboratorOTHER
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

patients with depressive disorder were randomly assigned to different therapy groups or TAU therapy group based on different depressive disorders subtypes.

Intervention model description

Part 2: all patients before receiving any medicine treatment are divided into four groups which adopt different therapy strategies :treatment with fluvoxamine, fluoxetine, mirtazapine and treatment as usual(TAU).Meanwhile,patients with different subtypes of depressive disorder were randomly assigned to different therapy groups.Each therapy groups contains 50 participants.Therefore, the total sample size is 50\*12+200=800. Part3:To find out efficiency of different kinds of therapy strategies.p=60%, error=5%,a-0.05,the amount of samples nearly is:867,considering the nearly 30% expulsion rate, the final total sample size is 867+260=1127.Therefore,sample size in each group is nearly 376. Part4:p=60%,error=0.05, a=0.05, exculsion rate=30%,N=867+260=1127.the amount of samples of each group is 1127/3=nearly 400.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* aged 18-65 years; * clinical diagnosis of major depressive disorder; * 17-Hamilton Depression Scale\>20; * 14-Hamilton Anxiety Scale score\<7; * outpatient treatment; * first episode; * medication-naive;

Exclusion criteria

* clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder; * any prescription or psychotropic medications in the past 4 week; * serious medical or neurological illness; * current pregnancy or breastfeeding.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change from baseline in levels of microRNA,apolipoproteins, meta ion (Composite measure)at 2,4,6,8,12 week.The potential biomarkers in our study include microRNA,apolipoproteins,metallic ion etc.We use quantitative analysis technique to test miRNA,proteins and metallic ion by patients' blood and urines before interventions and after interventions.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Patient health questionnaire(PHQ-9):the clinical remission ratiochange from baseline PHQ-9 total scores at 2,4,6,8,12 weekPHQ-9 is a self-report scale composed of 9 items to evaluate the state of depression.The investigators in our study record the total scores of PHQ-9 at 0,2,4,6,8,12 week to analyze the clinical remission ratio.
life event scale(LES)at baselineLES is one of the common questionnaires to evaluate individual's mental and stress stimulation in daily life.The investigators record the total scores of LES at baseline.
social support scale(SSS)at baselineSSS is one of the common questionnaires to evaluate individual's social support and social relationship network to explore the correlation between social support and mental health. the investigators in our study record the total scores of SSS at baseline.
dysfunctional attitudes scales(DAS)at baselineThe DAS is a self-report scale composed of 40 items to assess typical, stable depressogenic attitudes or schemas that make individuals vulnerable to depression. The investigators in our study record the total scores od DAS at baseline.
Hamilton Depression Scale(HADA) scores,reductive ratioat 0,2,4,6,8,12 week.HADA,created by Hamilton in 1960,is one of the most common questionnaires to evaluate the severity of depression and the efficiency of medicine. we adopt the Hamilton Depression Scale(HADA)to evaluate different medicines efficiency by analyzing reductive ratio.The investigators record the total scores of HADA at baseline and 2,4,6,8,12 week.
fractional amplitudes of low-frequency fluctuation(fLAFF)change from baseline neuroimaging data at 2,4,6,8,12 weekThe investigators in our study use region-of-interest(ROI)to record fLAFF.
Neuroelectrophysiological examination: electroencephalogram(EEG)at baselineEEG is used to record individual's brain activity. The investigators in our study record individual's brain wave.
Neuroelectrophysiological examination:electrocardiograph(ECG)at baseline.ECG is used to record the individual's cardiac cycle.
the gray matter volume,change from baseline neuroimaging data at 2,4,6,8,12 weekThe investigators in our study use voxel-based morphometry (VBM8)to record the gray matter volume.

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactXiaohua Liu
liuxh_2005@126.com+8613918061085

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 19, 2026