Seroquel in Bipolar Depression Versus Lithium - Full Text View

Sponsored by:	AstraZeneca
Information provided by:	AstraZeneca
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00206141

Purpose

This study is being carried out to see if quetiapine fumarate (Seroquel) is effective in treating bipolar depression during an 8-week acute phase compared with placebo and lithium, followed by continuation treatment for 26 up to 52 with quetiapine fumarate (Seroquel) compared to placebo.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Bipolar Disorder Bipolar Depression Depression	Drug: Quetiapine Fumarate (Seroquel™) drug, mood stabilizer (mood)	Phase III

MedlinePlus related topics: Bipolar Disorder Depression

Drug Information available for: Quetiapine Quetiapine fumarate Lithium carbonate Lithium citrate

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Multi-Centre, Double-Blind, Randomised, Parallel-Group, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 Study of the Efficacy & Safety of Quetiapine Fumarate & Lithium as Monotherapy in Adult Patients With Bipolar Depression for 8 Weeks & Quetiapine in Continuation (Abbreviated)

Further study details as provided by AstraZeneca:

Primary Outcome Measures:

The change from randomization to Week 8 assessment in the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) total score.

Secondary Outcome Measures:

MADRS total score response
MADRS total score remission

Estimated Enrollment:	672
Study Start Date:	August 2005

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 65 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients with a diagnosis of bipolar I disorder or bipolar II disorder, currently depressed, aged 18 to 65 years old and outpatient status at enrolment and randomization.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients with a current DSM-IV Axis I disorder other than bipolar disorder that is symptomatic or requiring treatment within 6 months of enrolment,
History of non-response to an adequate treatment
Patients who, in the investigator’s judgment pose a current serious suicidal or homicidal risk
Pregnancy or lactation
Clinically relevant disease or clinical finding

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00206141

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Sponsors and Collaborators

AstraZeneca

Investigators

Study Director:

AstraZeneca Seroquel Medical Science Director, MD

AstraZeneca

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	D1447C00001, EMBOLDEN I
Study First Received:	September 13, 2005
Last Updated:	July 17, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00206141
Health Authority:	United States: Food and Drug Administration; Ukraine: Ministry of Health

Keywords provided by AstraZeneca:

Bipolar disorder
bipolar depression
depression

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Quetiapine
Affective Disorders, Psychotic
Depression
Mental Disorders
Bipolar Disorder
Mood Disorders

Lithium Carbonate
Psychotic Disorders
Depressive Disorder
Lithium
Behavioral Symptoms

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Tranquilizing Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Psychotropic Drugs

Central Nervous System Depressants
Antipsychotic Agents
Central Nervous System Agents
Pharmacologic Actions

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009