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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT00961961
Date of registration: 18/08/2009
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Pennsylvania
Public title: Prevention of Relapse & Recurrence of Bipolar Depression
Scientific title: Prevention of Relapse & Recurrence of Bipolar Depression
Date of first enrolment: July 1, 2009
Target sample size: 177
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00961961
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Robert J. DeRubeis, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of Pennsylvania
Name:     John M Zajecka, MD
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Affiliation:  Rush University Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Men/women (all races and ethnicity)

- Age at least 18 years old

- Bipolar Type I Disorder

- Current Major Depressive Episode

- Able to understand and provide signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Current alcohol or drug abuse

- Alcohol or drug dependence within 3 months

- Allergic to Fluoxetine or Lithium

- Unstable medical condition (e.g., uncontrolled thyroid, renal, cardiovascular disease)

- Pregnant or nursing women

- Women of child-bearing potential unwilling to use a medically acceptable form of
contraception

- Actively suicidal

- Requiring hospitalization

- Use of medication contraindicated with lithium or fluoxetine

- Unable to participate in a year-long trial



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Bipolar Disorder
Intervention(s)
Drug: Lithium / Fluoxetine
Drug: Lithium / Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Number of Participants With Relapse of Major Depressive Episode Within 1 Year [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number of Participants With an Onset of a Manic Episode Within 1 Year [Time Frame: 1 Year]
Number of Participants With an Onset of a Hypomanic Episode Within 1 Year [Time Frame: 1 Year]
Number of Participants With the Onset of a Sub-Syndromal Mood Conversion Episode Within 1 Year [Time Frame: 1 Year]
Secondary ID(s)
R01MH080098
R01MH080097
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: 19/10/2020
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT00961961
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