Conditions: Depressive Disorder, Major
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 339
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
Study to assess efficacy of Duloxetine 120 mg and Duloxetine 60 mg in patients hospitalized for severe depression after 4 weeks of treatment. To evaluate the rescue option in non-responding patients. Safety of Duloxetine will also be assessed.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Duloxetine 60 mg arm 2: Duloxetine 120 mg

Interventions: intervention 1: Duloxetine intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Capsule intervention 2: Capsule

Protocol document: