12 week safety trial of flibanserin in depressed women taking an ssri or snri with decreased sexual desire and distress

Conditions: Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological; Depression

Summary: the current trial will explore the safety of flibanserin in combination with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or norepinephrine serotonin reuptake inhibitors in a representative population of women with depressive and possible concurrent anxiety symptomatology.


Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: 1. women 18-50 years of age, not postmenopausal at the screen visit 2. women with mild/remitted depressive disorder with score of \<11 on the quick inventory of depressive symptoms self report and \<16 on the beck anxiety inventory at screen/baseline visits 3. women with decreased sexual desire and distress present at least 4 weeks at screen visit as determined by the clinical interview for female sexual dysfunction-depression and diagnostic and statistical manual iv-text revision (dsm iv-tr) 4. score of 15 or higher on the female sexual distress scale-revised at screen/baseline visits 5. score of 9 or lower on the changes in sexual functioning questionnaire-female desire/interest item at screen/baseline visits 6. patients must be taking the same selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor or norepinephrine serotonin reuptake inhibitor for 3 months and be on a stable dose at least 2 months before the screen visit and remain on this regimen during the trial and for 1 month after trial completion 7. patients must have had no treatment for female sexual dysfunction 2 months before screen visit 8. patients must use medically accepted contraception method 9. patients must be in a secure, stable, monogamous, heterosexual relationship at least 12 months prior to screen visit, according to the clinical interview for female sexual dysfunction-depression exclusion criteria: conditions which may interfere with the ability to participate include, but are not limited to: 1. patients who have taken any prohibited medications within 30 days before baseline visit 2. patients with history of drug dependence/abuse (including alcohol) within past year 3. patients with history of participation in a trial of another investigational drug within 1 month prior to the screen visit, or participation in previous flibanserin study 4. women with lifelong decreased sexual desire (or hypoactive sexual desire disorder), female sexual arousal disorder and/or female orgasmic disorder, per dsm iv-tr criteria 5. patients who meet dsm iv-tr criteria for sexual aversion disorder, substance-induced sexual dysfunction other than selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor/norepinephrine serotonin reuptake inhibitor-induced sexual dysfunction, dyspareunia, vaginismus, gender identity disorder, paraphilia, or sexual dysfunction due to a general medical condition 6. patients who have had a hysterectomy, or are in the post menopause stage (i.e., bilateral oophorectomy, chemically induced menopause) 7. patients with history of pelvic inflammatory disease, urinary tract, vaginal infection/vaginitis, cervicitis, interstitial cystitis, vulvodynia, significant vaginal atrophy in the 4 weeks before the screen visit 8. patients who are breastfeeding or have breastfed within 6 months prior to the baseline visit. 9. patients who are pregnant (by serum pregnancy test) or have been pregnant within 6 months prior to the baseline visit 10. patients with current depressive disorder (may have concurrent mild anxiety disorder) not adequately controlled during the last 2 months and/or with a score of \<11 on the quick inventory of depressive symptoms self report and/or a score of \<16 on the beck anxiety inventory at screen and/or baseline visits 11. patients with history of suicide attempt within the last year or current suicidal ideation. investigator must assess history of suicidality to determine if patient is at risk before entering the trial 12. patients with history of other psychiatric disorders that could impact sexual function, risks patient safety, or may impact compliance. axis i disorders (except anxiety symptoms and disorders) are excluded. axis ii disorders are allowed 13. patients with significant cardiac, neurologic, hepatic, renal, hematologic, respiratory, gastrointestinal, immunological, endocrine disease 14. patients with history of breast cancer or other cancer within the last 5 years, other than non-invasive, previously resected skin cancer