Clinical trial NCT00056472: Study of Pharmacotherapy of Psychotic Depression
Official title: Effectiveness of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Combined With Antipsychotic Medication for the Treatment of Psychotic Depression
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Major Depressive Disorder With Psychotic Features
Keywords: Major depressive disorder with psychotic features
Delusional Depression
Randomized Trial
Combination Treatment
SSRI
Atypical Antipsychotic
Lead sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
First posted: 2003-03-17
Enrollment: 259
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study will determine the effectiveness of combining selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) with antipsychotic medications in the treatment of psychotic depression.

Detailed description: Approximately 25% of people who are admitted to hospitals for depression suffer from psychotic depression. People with psychotic depression experience hallucinations,and, more commonly delusions, in addition to major depression. Psychotic experiences may be either congruent with the theme of depression or incongruent, without an apparent relationship to feeling depressed. This study will determine the effectiveness of combining a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) with antipsychotic medication in the treatment of psychotic depression accompanied by at least one identifiable delusion. The study will also evaluate the difference in treatment response of young adults versus geriatric patients.

This double-blind study will last a total of 12 weeks. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either olanzapine, an atypical antipsychotic drug, combined with sertraline, an SSRI, or olanzapine alone. Following baseline assessments, study visits will occur weekly until Week 6, and then bi-weekly until Week 12. Participants who do not respond to either treatment may leave the study at any time. Participants who achieve either partial or full response may participate in an additional 20-week study.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Major depressive disorder, single or recurrent, with psychotic features

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of substance abuse or dependence within the 3 months prior to enrollment
* Acute or unstable medical illness
* Diagnosis of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders
* Pregnant
* Intolerance to SSRIs or olanzapine

Primary outcomes:
measure: Remission of Depression Hamilton Depression Scale (Ham-D) and Psychosis Schedule for Affective Disorders in Schizophrenia - Delusional Item (SADS) During the Course of the Trial
timeFrame: Weeks 1 to 12
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Scores on CGI-S Compared to Baseline Over the Course of the Trial
timeFrame: Weeks 1 to 12
Other outcomes:
measure: Mean Score Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (Ham-D) Over the Course of the Trial From Week to Week.
timeFrame: Weeks 1 to 12
Locations:
city: Worcester
country: United States
facility: University of Massachusetts Medical School
state: Massachusetts
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Cornell University
state: New York
city: Pittsburgh
country: United States
facility: University of Pittsburgh
state: Pennsylvania
city: Toronto
country: Canada
facility: University of Toronto
state: Ontario
Study officials:
affiliation: Cornell University
name: Barnett Meyers, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Kruizinga J, Liemburg E, Burger H, Cipriani A, Geddes J, Robertson L, Vogelaar B, Nolen WA. Pharmacological treatment for psychotic depression. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Dec 7;12(12):CD004044. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004044.pub5.
citation: Bingham KS, Meyers BS, Mulsant BH, Rothschild AJ, Whyte EM, Banerjee S, Artis AS, Alexopoulos GS, Flint AJ; STOP-PD Study Group. Stabilization treatment of remitted psychotic depression: the STOP-PD study. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2018 Sep;138(3):267-273. doi: 10.1111/acps.12937. Epub 2018 Jun 29.
citation: Bingham KS, Rothschild AJ, Mulsant BH, Whyte EM, Meyers BS, Banerjee S, Szanto K, Flint AJ; STOP-PD Study Group. The Association of Baseline Suicidality With Treatment Outcome in Psychotic Depression. J Clin Psychiatry. 2017 Sep/Oct;78(8):1149-1154. doi: 10.4088/JCP.16m10881.
citation: Gerretsen P, Flint AJ, Whyte EM, Rothschild AJ, Meyers BS, Mulsant BH. Impaired insight into delusions predicts treatment outcome during a randomized controlled trial for Psychotic Depression (STOP-PD study). J Clin Psychiatry. 2015 Apr;76(4):427-33. doi: 10.4088/JCP.14m09003.
citation: Deligiannidis KM, Rothschild AJ, Barton BA, Kroll-Desrosiers AR, Meyers BS, Flint AJ, Whyte EM, Mulsant BH; STOP-PD Study Group. A gender analysis of the study of pharmacotherapy of psychotic depression (STOP-PD): gender and age as predictors of response and treatment-associated changes in body mass index and metabolic measures. J Clin Psychiatry. 2013 Oct;74(10):1003-9. doi: 10.4088/JCP.13m08400.
citation: Ostergaard SD, Meyers BS, Flint AJ, Mulsant BH, Whyte EM, Ulbricht CM, Bech P, Rothschild AJ; STOP-PD Study Group. Measuring psychotic depression. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2014 Mar;129(3):211-20. doi: 10.1111/acps.12165. Epub 2013 Jun 25.
citation: Flint AJ, Iaboni A, Mulsant BH, Rothschild AJ, Whyte EM, Meyers BS; STOP-PD Study Group. Effect of sertraline on risk of falling in older adults with psychotic depression on olanzapine: results of a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2014 Apr;22(4):332-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.01.067. Epub 2013 May 2.
citation: Blumberger DM, Mulsant BH, Kanellopoulos D, Whyte EM, Rothschild AJ, Flint AJ, Meyers BS. The incidence of tardive dyskinesia in the study of pharmacotherapy for psychotic depression. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2013 Jun;33(3):391-7. doi: 10.1097/JCP.0b013e31828bf059.
citation: Weissman J, Flint A, Meyers B, Ghosh S, Mulsant B, Rothschild A, Whyte E; STOP-PD Study Group. Factors associated with non-completion in a double-blind randomized controlled trial of olanzapine plus sertraline versus olanzapine plus placebo for psychotic depression. Psychiatry Res. 2012 May 30;197(3):221-6. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.02.015. Epub 2012 Mar 31.
citation: Meyers BS, Flint AJ, Rothschild AJ, Mulsant BH, Whyte EM, Peasley-Miklus C, Papademetriou E, Leon AC, Heo M; STOP-PD Group. A double-blind randomized controlled trial of olanzapine plus sertraline vs olanzapine plus placebo for psychotic depression: the study of pharmacotherapy of psychotic depression (STOP-PD). Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009 Aug;66(8):838-47. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.79.
citation: Schaffer A, Flint AJ, Smith E, Rothschild AJ, Mulsant BH, Szanto K, Peasley-Miklus C, Heo M, Papademetriou E, Meyers BS. Correlates of suicidality among patients with psychotic depression. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2008 Aug;38(4):403-14. doi: 10.1521/suli.2008.38.4.403.
citation: Smith E, Rothschild AJ, Heo M, Peasley-Miklus C, Caswell M, Papademetriou E, Flint AJ, Mulsant BH, Meyers BS; STOP-PD Collaborative Study Group. Weight gain during olanzapine treatment for psychotic depression: effects of dose and age. Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2008 May;23(3):130-7. doi: 10.1097/YIC.0b013e3282f424d6.
citation: Rothschild AJ, Winer J, Flint AJ, Mulsant BH, Whyte EM, Heo M, Fratoni S, Gabriele M, Kasapinovic S, Meyers BS; Study of Pharmacotherapy of Psychotic Depression (STOP-PD) Collaborative Study Group. Missed diagnosis of psychotic depression at 4 academic medical centers. J Clin Psychiatry. 2008 Aug;69(8):1293-6. doi: 10.4088/jcp.v69n0813.
citation: Andreescu C, Mulsant BH, Peasley-Miklus C, Rothschild AJ, Flint AJ, Heo M, Caswell M, Whyte EM, Meyers BS; STOP-PD Study Group. Persisting low use of antipsychotics in the treatment of major depressive disorder with psychotic features. J Clin Psychiatry. 2007 Feb;68(2):194-200. doi: 10.4088/jcp.v68n0203.