Clinical trial NCT00122824: Duloxetine Compared With Placebo in Patients With Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Official title: Duloxetine Hydrochloride 60 mg or 120 mg Once Daily Compared With Placebo in Patients With Generalized Anxiety Disorder.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE3
Conditions: Anxiety Disorders
Lead sponsor: Eli Lilly and Company
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
Collaborators: name: Boehringer Ingelheim
First posted: 2005-07-22
Enrollment: 480
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 is a clinical trial assessing duloxetine compared with placebo in patients who have generalized anxiety disorder.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Male and female outpatients at least 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

* Have previously completed or withdrawn from this study or any other study investigating duloxetine or have previously been treated with duloxetine
* Patient diagnosed with major depressive disorder within the past 6 months
* Patient diagnosed with panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, or an eating disorder within the past year
* History of alcohol or any psychoactive substance abuse or dependence within the past 6 months

Primary outcomes:
measure: To assess duloxetine 120 mg once daily is superior to placebo in the treatment of GAD, defined as statistically greater reduction on the mean change anxiety symptoms as measured by the HAMA total score.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Self-reported anxiety symptomatology;Pain;Quality of Life;Clinical Global Improvement;HAMA factor scores
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cincinnati
country: United States
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or 1-317-615-4559 Mon-Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST) or speak with your personal physician.
state: Ohio
city: Oulu
country: Finland
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or 1-317-615-4559 Mon-Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST) or speak with your personal physician.
city: Bourg-en-Bresse
country: France
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or 1-317-615-4559 Mon-Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST) or speak with your personal physician.
city: Berlin
country: Germany
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or 1-317-615-4559 Mon-Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST) or speak with your personal physician.
city: Paarl
country: South Africa
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or 1-317-615-4559 Mon-Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST) or speak with your personal physician.
city: Barcelona
country: Spain
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or 1-317-615-4559 Mon-Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST) or speak with your personal physician.
city: Uppsala
country: Sweden
facility: For additional information regarding investigative sites for this trial, contact 1-877-CTLILLY (1-877-285-4559) or 1-317-615-4559 Mon-Fri from 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST) or speak with your personal physician.
Study officials:
affiliation: Eli Lilly and Company
name: Call 1-877-285-4559 or 1-317-615-4559 Mon-Fri 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time (UTC/GMT - 5 hours, EST)
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Sheehan DV, Harnett-Sheehan K, Spann ME, Thompson HF, Prakash A. Assessing remission in major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder clinical trials with the discan metric of the Sheehan disability scale. Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2011 Mar;26(2):75-83. doi: 10.1097/YIC.0b013e328341bb5f.
citation: Sheehan DV, Meyers AL, Prakash A, Robinson MJ, Swindle RW, Russell JM, Mallinckrodt CH. The relationship between functional outcomes and the treatment of anxious and painful somatic symptoms in patients with generalized anxiety disorder. Curr Med Res Opin. 2008 Sep;24(9):2457-66. doi: 10.1185/03007990802293643. Epub 2008 Jul 24.
citation: Hartford JT, Endicott J, Kornstein SG, Allgulander C, Wohlreich MM, Russell JM, Perahia DG, Erickson JS. Implications of pain in generalized anxiety disorder: efficacy of duloxetine. Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry. 2008;10(3):197-204. doi: 10.4088/pcc.v10n0304.
citation: Koponen H, Allgulander C, Erickson J, Dunayevich E, Pritchett Y, Detke MJ, Ball SG, Russell JM. Efficacy of duloxetine for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder: implications for primary care physicians. Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry. 2007;9(2):100-7. doi: 10.4088/pcc.v09n0203.
citation: Allgulander C, Hartford J, Russell J, Ball S, Erickson J, Raskin J, Rynn M. Pharmacotherapy of generalized anxiety disorder: results of duloxetine treatment from a pooled analysis of three clinical trials. Curr Med Res Opin. 2007 Jun;23(6):1245-52. doi: 10.1185/030079907X182202. Epub 2007 Apr 25.
citation: Endicott J, Russell JM, Raskin J, Detke MJ, Erickson J, Ball SG, Marciniak M, Swindle RW. Duloxetine treatment for role functioning improvement in generalized anxiety disorder: three independent studies. J Clin Psychiatry. 2007 Apr;68(4):518-24. doi: 10.4088/jcp.v68n0405.