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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT00254007
Date of registration: 10/11/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Public title: Depression and Traumatic Brain Injury
Scientific title: The Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphism and Major Depression Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Date of first enrolment: July 2003
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00254007
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Krista L Lanctot, PhD
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Affiliation:  Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- age >18 years

- gender: male or female

- TBI within the last two months

- mild to moderate TBI

- written, informed consent

- depressed group only: diagnosis of major depressive episode using the depression
module of the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV (SCID-IV)

Exclusion Criteria:

- prior TBI or other focal brain disease (stroke, tumor)

- significant acute medical illness, including: drug overdose, severely disturbed liver,
kidney, lung, or heart function, anemia, hypothyroidism, uncontrolled diabetes,
Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, progressive supranuclear paralysis, brain
tumor, subdural hematoma, multiple sclerosis

- a brain CT scan revealing focal lesions that could not be interpreted as consistent
with a TBI

- depression group only: contraindications to receiving treatment with citalopram



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Traumatic Brain Injury
Depression
Intervention(s)
Drug: citalopram (celexa)
Primary Outcome(s)
- Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) [Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks and 10 weeks (if applicable)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Rivermead Head Injury Follow-up Questionnaire (RHFQ), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), Rivermead Post Concussion Disorder Questionnaire (RPDQ) [Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks and 10 weeks (if applicable)]
Secondary ID(s)
205-2003
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ontario Mental Health Foundation
Ethics review
Results
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