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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00078286
Date of registration: 20/02/2004
Primary sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Public title: Antidepressant Medication Treatment for Depression in Individuals With Chronic Heart Failure SADHART-CHF
Scientific title: Safety and Efficacy of Sertraline for Depression CHF
Date of first enrolment: November 2003
Target sample size: 469
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00078286
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Ranga Krishnan, PhD
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Affiliation:  Duke University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Chronic heart failure

- DSM-IV criteria for major depression

- Current use of any antipsychotic medication at study entry

Exclusion Criteria:

- Life-threatening comorbidity with a 50% or higher likelihood of death within 1 year

- History of psychoses, bipolar disorder, or severe personality disorder

- History of alcohol or drug dependence in the last year

- Severe physical disability that may interfere with the study

- Neurological impairment

- Active suicidal ideations

- Current use of antidepressant medication(s) at the start of study medication



Age minimum: 45 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Chronic Heart Failure
Depression
Heart Failure, Congestive
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Sertraline
Primary Outcome(s)
Symptoms of depression in congestive heart failure patients with clinical depression after treatment with sertraline or placebo [Time Frame: Measured at Week 12]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Reduction in cardiac events and morbidity / mortality, including rehospitalization, in congestive heart failure patients with depression after treatment with sertraline or placebo [Time Frame: Measured at Week 12]
Secondary ID(s)
DATR A4-GPX
R01 MH63211
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
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