Clinical trial NCT00406848: A Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Duloxetine and Placebo for the Treatment of Depression in Elderly Patients
Official title: Duloxetine Versus Placebo in the Long-Term Treatment of Patients With Late-Life Major Depression
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE4
Conditions: Major Depressive Disorder
Lead sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
Collaborators: name: Boehringer Ingelheim
First posted: 2006-12-04
Enrollment: 370
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of duloxetine 60 mg once daily to placebo on depression in elderly patients (greater than or equal to 65 years of age). Patients who do not respond in the first 13 weeks will be eligible for rescue using pre-defined criteria. Patients randomized to duloxetine 60 mg/day meeting the rescue criteria will be increased to 120 mg/day. Patients randomized to the placebo arm meeting the rescue criteria will be assigned to duloxetine 60 mg/day.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Are male or female outpatients at least 65 years of age who meet the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) diagnostic criteria for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
* Have a Mini Mental Score Exam (MMSE) score of at least 20 at Visit 1
* Have a degree of understanding such that the patient can communicate intelligibly with the investigator and study coordinator

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients judged clinically to be at serious suicidal risk in the opinion of the investigator
* Have any prior history of bipolar disorder, panic disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, or obsessive-compulsive disorder
* Have any current (within the past 12 months) DSM-IV-TR primary Axis I diagnosis other than MDD
* Have moderate to severe dementia
* Have a serious medical illness, including any cardiovascular (CV), hepatic, renal, respiratory, hematologic, endocrinologic, or neurologic disease, or clinically significant laboratory abnormality that is not stabilized or is anticipated to require hospitalization within 6 months, in the opinion of the investigator

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change From Baseline to 13 Weeks in Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD-17) Maier Subscale
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 13
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change From Baseline on the 30-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 13, Week 25
measure: Change From Baseline in the HAMD-17 Total Score, Subscales, and Individual Items
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 13, Week 25
measure: Change From Baseline in the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) Severity and Interference Scores
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 13, Week 25
measure: Change From Baseline in the Numeric Rating Scales (NRS) for Pain Item Scores
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 13, Week 25
measure: Patient's Global Impression of Improvement (PGI-I) at 13 Weeks and 25 Weeks
timeFrame: Week 13, Week 25
measure: Change From Baseline in the Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S)
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 13, Week 25
measure: Change From Baseline in the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE)
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 9, Week 25
measure: Change From Baseline in the Quality of Life, Enjoyment, and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q-SF)
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 13, Week 25
measure: Probability of Remission as Measured by the HAMD-17 Total Score ≤7 and ≤10
timeFrame: Week 13, Week 25
measure: Probability of Response at Endpoint as Measured by ≥50% Improvement in the HAMD-17 Total Score
timeFrame: Week 13, Week 25
measure: Probability of Remission as Measured by the HAMD-17 Total Score ≤7 and ≤10 by Medical Comorbidity Severity as Assessed by the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale-Geriatric Version (CIRS-G)
timeFrame: Week 13, Week 25
measure: Probability of Efficacy Onset as Measured by at Least 20% Sustained Reduction From Baseline in the HAMD-17 Maier Subscale at Week 3
timeFrame: Week 3
measure: Change From Baseline in Supine Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP)
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 13, Week 25
measure: Change From Baseline in Pulse Rate
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 13, Week 25
measure: Change From Baseline in Weight
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 13, Week 25
measure: Number of Participants With Abnormal Vital Signs and Weight at Any Time During the Study
timeFrame: Baseline (Week 1) through Week 25
measure: Number of Participants Experiencing Sustained Hypertension (SH) or Orthostatic Hypotension (OH)
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1) through Week 25
measure: Summary of Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events Leading to Discontinuation
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1) through Week 25
measure: Change From Baseline in Laboratory Values - Platelet Count
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 13, Week 25
measure: Change From Baseline in Laboratory Values - Uric Acid
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 13, Week 25
measure: Change From Baseline in Laboratory Values - Erythrocyte Count
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 25
measure: Change From Baseline in Laboratory Values - Hemoglobin, Mean Cell Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 25
measure: Change From Baseline in Laboratory Values - Chloride and Fasting Glucose
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 25
measure: Number of Participants With Abnormal Laboratory Values - Low Leukocyte Count
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1) through Week 13
measure: Change From Baseline in Electrocardiograms
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 25
measure: Number of Participants With Successful Treatment Outcome
timeFrame: Baseline (Week 1) through Week 25
measure: Change From Baseline on Cognitive Test Scores: Verbal Learning and Recall Test (VLRT), Symbol Digit Substitution Test (SDST), Trail Making Test (Part B), 2-Digit Cancellation Test (2DCT), and the Composite Cognitive Score Derived From the Above Scores
timeFrame: baseline (Week 1), Week 9, Week 25
Other outcomes:
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Study officials:
affiliation: Eli Lilly and Company
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role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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