Fluoxetine for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder
Information source: Massachusetts General Hospital
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on November 03, 2008
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Condition(s) targeted: Pediatric Bipolar Disorder; Pediatric OCD
Intervention: fluoxetine (Drug)
Phase: Phase 4
Status: Recruiting
Sponsored by: Massachusetts General Hospital Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
Gagan Joshi, MD, Principal Investigator, Affiliation: MGH
Overall contact:
Meghan Kotarski, BS, Phone: 617-503-1051, Email: mkotarski@partners.org
Summary
This will be a 12-week open-label pilot treatment study for children and adolescents (ages
6-17) who meet DSM-IV criteria for bipolar disorder (BPD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OCD) who are adequately mood stabilized on a stable regimen based on standard clinical care.
Specific hypotheses are as follows:
Hypothesis 1: Children and adolescents with comorbid OCD and BPD who have achieved adequate
mood stabilization using a naturalistic clinical practice approach, will benefit from an
FDA-approved SSRI on their OCD symptoms in a clinically meaningful way without exacerbation
of bipolar symptoms.
Clinical Details
Official title: A Pilot Treatment Study of Fluoxetine for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder
Study design: Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Single Group Assignment
Primary outcome: CY-BOCs
Secondary outcome: YMRS
Detailed description:
As no systemic data is available regarding the efficacy and safety of SSRI in the treatment
of OCD+BPD children, it calls for a preliminary open pilot treatment study to explore these
issues as a logical first step that could lead to systematic randomized controlled trials in
the future. SSRI's are the first line and most commonly used anti-OCD agents. It remains
unknown, which of the standard SSRIs is least activating for youth with BPD. Fluoxetine
along with fluvoxamine and sertraline are FDA approved for the treatment of OCD in children.
Fluoxetine remains the most extensively studied SSRI in children. We will test the safety
and efficacy of fluoxetine in children and adolescents with BPD and OCD.
The proposed study includes 1.) the use of a 12-week design to document the response rate and
2.) careful assessment of safety and tolerability
Eligibility
Minimum age: 6 Years.
Maximum age: 17 Years.
Gender(s): Both.
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female participants between 6 and 17 years of age.
- Participants must have DSM-IV diagnosis of OCD and bipolar (I or II) disorder,
displaying current OCD symptoms of at least moderate impairment (CY-BOCS ≥ 15) and for
at least 4 weeks prior to participation maintained on steady dose of mood stabilizing
medication (lithium, anticonvulsants or atypical antipsychotics) with minimal or mild
mood symptoms (YMRS ≤ 15). Period of mood stabilization will be determined by
clinician judgment and confirmed by K-SADS-E.
- Subject and his/her legal representative must have a level of understanding sufficient
to communicate intelligently with the investigator and study coordinator, and to
cooperate with all tests and examinations required by the protocol.
- Subjects and his/her legal representative must be considered reliable.
- Each subject and his/her authorized legal representative must understand the nature of
the study. The subject's authorized legal representative and the subject must sign an
IRB approved informed consent and assent document respectively.
- Subject must be able to participate in mandatory blood draws.
- Subject must be able to swallow pills.
- Subjects with comorbid ADHD, ODD, CD, or other anxiety disorders will be allowed to
participate in the study provided they do not meet any exclusionary criteria.
Exclusion Criteria:
- DSM-IV substance dependence (except nicotine or caffeine) within past 3 months.
- History of anti-depressant induced mania or hypomania while also being treated with
appropriate dosage(s) of mood stabilizers.
- Pregnant or nursing females.
- Investigator and his/her immediate family, defined as the investigator's spouse,
parent, child, grandparent, or grandchild.
- Serious, unstable systemic illness.
- History of severe allergies or multiple adverse drug reactions.
- Non-febrile seizures without a clear and resolved etiology.
- Clinically judged to be at serious suicidal risk.
- Other concomitant medication with primary central nervous system activity other than
those specified in the Concomitant Medication protocol.
- History of allergic reaction to SSRIs.
- Participants using an MAOI within two weeks prior to receiving study medication.
- Current diagnosis of schizophrenia.
- Uncorrected hypo or hyperthyroidism.
- Active symptoms of anorexia or bulimia nervosa
- Non-response of OCD symptoms to fluoxetine as defined by being on therapeutic dose of
fluoxetine for at least 10 weeks.
- Current treatment with antidepressant medication.
Locations and Contacts
Meghan Kotarski, BS, Phone: 617-503-1051, Email: mkotarski@partners.org
Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States; Recruiting
Additional Information
Starting date: December 2005
Last updated: January 11, 2008
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