psychiatrische en obsessieve en compulsieve stoornissen Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Out patients, male or female, between 18 and 65 years inclusive with a primary diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) according to DSM-IV-TR. The diagnosis will be documented by the brief structured interview M.I.N.I. - Patients previously treated for OCD with a first line pharmacological treatment, i.e, SRI with or without cognitive behavioural therapy . - Y-BOCS total score * 20 (moderately to severely ill), - Duration of OCD symptoms of at least one year, - Requiring a treatment.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: cfr p. 25-26 - Episodic OCD, Exclusive hoarders, Early onset OCD - Refractory patients defined as having not responded to 2 or more adequate treatments (medium or high) dose of a SRI for at least 12 weeks. - Patients in psychiatric care for more than 5 years for OCD - Naïve Patients (never received pharmacological treatment for OCD) - Motor or verbal tic disorder (including Tourette*s), - Substance or alcohol dependence or abuse - personality disorders - Severe or uncontrolled organic diseases, likely to interfere with the conduct of the study (e.g., neurologic, neoplasic, cardiovascular, pulmonary, digestive or metabolic disorders like unstabilized diabetes of type I or II, morbid obesity, untreated or uncontrolled arterial hypertension*), - Any clinically relevant abnormality detected during the physical examination, ECG or laboratory tests likely to interfere with the study conduct or evaluation, - Hepatic impairment (i.e. cirrhosis or active liver disease), - ASAT or ALAT values * 2 times the upper reference value - Total bilirubin * 2 times the upper reference value or ALAT and total bilirubin >ULN - Alkaline Phosphatase * 3 times the upper reference value, - Women of childbearing potential without effective contraception (oral contraceptive pill, Intra-uterine contraceptive device or condom) as well as - pregnant or breastfeeding women - Concomitant psychotropic medications are forbidden during the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Y-BOCS total score (expressed as the change from baseline to last post-baseline value on W0-W16 period) will be used to demonstrate the superiority of agomelatine compared to placebo on OC symptoms. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - National Institute of Mental Health-Obsessive-Compulsive Scale score (NIMH-OC) - CGI Severity of Illness and Global Improvement scores - Obsessive Compulsive Visual Aanalogue Scale (OC-VAS) - Montgomery and Asberg depression rating scale (MADRS) total score - Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HAM-A) total score - Getting off to sleep score, Quality of sleep score, Sleep awakening score and Integrity of behaviour score obtained from the Leeds Sleep Evaluation Questionnaire (LSEQ). - Work, Social life and Family life scores obtained from Sheehan disability scale - Adverse events - Sitting blood pressure (SBP (mmHg) and DBP (mmHg)) and heart rate (bpm). - Body weight (kg) and BMI (kg/m²). - Laboratory parameters. | — |
Countries
Netherlands