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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 October 2017
Main ID:  NCT00000378
Date of registration: 02/11/1999
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: New York State Psychiatric Institute
Public title: Antidepressant Treatment of Melancholia in Late Life
Scientific title: Antidepressant Treatment of Melancholia in Late :Ife
Date of first enrolment: July 1997
Target sample size: 110
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00000378
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:   
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Steven P. Roose, MD
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Affiliation:  New York State Psychiatric Institute
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients must have:

Unipolar major depression (per Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel-IV criteria) with or
without melancholia.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:

Psychotic or atypical subtype of unipolar major depression.



Age minimum: 60 Years
Age maximum: 95 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Depression
Melancholia
Intervention(s)
Drug: Nortriptyline
Drug: Sertraline
Primary Outcome(s)
HAMILTON Rating Scale for DEPRESSION Range [Time Frame: BASELINE COMPARED TO 12 WEEK MEASUREMENT]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
R01MH055716
#3105
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 21/04/2015
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT00000378
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