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A Local Register Study For Major Depression Of Paroxetine Controlled Release

Information source: GlaxoSmithKline
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on June 20, 2008
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Condition(s) targeted: Major Depression

Intervention: Paroxetine CR (Drug); Paroxetine IR (Drug)

Phase: Phase 3

Status: Completed

Sponsored by: GlaxoSmithKline

Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
GSK Clinical Trials, PhD, Study Director, Affiliation: GlaxoSmithKline

Summary

The study is to investigate the non-inferior efficacy of Paroxetine Controlled Release to Paroxetine Immediate Release, as well as the drug tolerability profile when treated on patients with Major Depression.

Clinical Details

Official title: A Multicentre, Double-Blind, Active Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Clinical Effects of Immediate Release Paroxetine and Controlled Release Paroxetine in the Treatment of Major Depression

Study design: Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study

Primary outcome: Scores on depression rating scale at treatment week 1,2,3,4,6 and 8.

Secondary outcome: Scores on clinical impression severity and improvement items at treatment week 1, 2,3,4,6,8

Eligibility

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: 65 Years. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with Major Depressive Disorder,score on depression rating scale reach a

specific point(17 item Hamilton Depression Scale>18).

Exclusion criteria:

- patients use monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), benzodiazepines, Chinese herbal

medicines, acupuncture, moxibustion or other psychoactive medications other than zolpidem, zopiclone;diagnosed with other Axis I disorder other; not responsive to paroxetine therapy before; pregnant or lactating, have serious medical disorder or condition that would preclude the administration of paroxetine; have a history of seizure disorders (except for febrile seizures in childhood); require treatment with warfarin anticoagulants, phenytoin, cimetidine, sumatriptan, type 1C antiarrhythmics, quinidine or sulfonylurea derivatives; are substance abuse or dependence (alcohol or drugs) within 6 months prior to this trial; have had electroconvulsive therapy within 2 months of entry into the study; pose a current, serious suicidal or homicidal risk; have taken other psychotropic drugs or antidepressants other than MAO inhibitors within 7 days of baseline and MAO inhibitors within 14 days of baseline; have taken any investigational drug, or participated in a clinical trial within the past 3 months; are hypersensitivity to paroxetine; have undergoing formal psychotherapy/psychoanalysis.

Locations and Contacts

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Beijing 100083, China

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Beijing 100088, China

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Beijing 100096, China

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Changsha 410011, China

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Guangzhou 510370, China

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Chengdu 610041, China

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Xi'an 710061, China

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Nanjing 210029, China

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Xi'an 710032, China

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Kunming 650032, China

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Baoding 071000, China

Additional Information

Starting date: September 2006
Last updated: December 4, 2007

Page last updated: June 20, 2008

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