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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Psychiatric Hospital, Hillerod Psychogeriatric Unit, CU Hospital, Frederiksberg Amager Hospital Psychiatric Center Ballerup,CU Hospital, Ballerup Geriatric Department,Korsør, Vestsjælland |
Information provided by: | Psychiatric Hospital, Hillerod |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00130455 |
The study is designed to establish the efficacy and tolerability of escitalopram in the treatment of depressive episodes of mild to moderate severity in the elderly.
The study is designed as a mainly naturalistic study including all patients of 65 years of age or above that judged by the clinician would benefit from treatment by an antidepressant medication. The study is designed as a double-blind, randomised placebo controlled study with two groups of active treatment (escitalopram in two doses, 5 or 10 mg daily) in a twelve week period.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Depression |
Drug: escitalopram |
Phase IV |
MedlinePlus related topics: | Depression |
ChemIDplus related topics: | Escitalopram Benzetimide Citalopram Citalopram hydrobromide Dexetimide Escitalopram oxalate |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | A 12 Week Multi-Centre, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Evaluation of the Most Efficacious and Tolerable Dose of Escitalopram in the Treatment of Elderly Patients |
Estimated Enrollment: | 189 |
Study Start Date: | April 2006 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | January 2008 |
Ages Eligible for Study: | 65 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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Alex Koerner | |||||
Hilleroed, Denmark, DK-3400 |
Psychiatric Hospital, Hillerod |
Psychogeriatric Unit, CU Hospital, Frederiksberg |
Amager Hospital |
Psychiatric Center Ballerup,CU Hospital, Ballerup |
Geriatric Department,Korsør, Vestsjælland |
Principal Investigator: | Alex Koerner, MD | Psychiatric hospital, Hilleroed, Denmark |
Study ID Numbers: | HIL-01 |
First Received: | August 12, 2005 |
Last Updated: | February 5, 2007 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00130455 |
Health Authority: | Denmark: Danish Medicines Agency |
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