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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00532103
Date of registration: 18/09/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Public title: Assessing Treatment Emergent Suicidal Ideation in Patients With Major Depression SAMS
Scientific title: Suicide Assessment Methodology Study (SAMS)
Date of first enrolment: July 2007
Target sample size: 300
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00532103
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Stephen R. Wisniewski, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of Pittsburgh
Name:     Diane Warden, PhD, MBA
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Affiliation:  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Name:     Madhukar Trivedi, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Name:     Kathy Shores-Wilson, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Name:     David W. Morris, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

ONLY PATIENTS BEING TREATED AT THE PARTICIPATING CLINICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS STUDY

- Patients must be enrolled at the primary or specialty care site, and be planning to
continue living in the area of that clinic throughout the study

- Patients must be 18-75 years old

- Patients must meet clinical criteria for MDD, based on clinical interview and DSM IV
MDD checklist

- Screening HAM-D17 score greater than or equal to 14

- Patients must give written informed consent

- Patients with and without current suicidal ideation may be included in the study

- Patients must not have taken antidepressant medication for at least 2 weeks prior to
screen (or 4 weeks in the case of fluoxetine).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Current substance abuse or dependence

- Two past SSRI treatment failures within the current episode, or last 2 years if
chronic.

- Patients with a current Axis I diagnosis of Bipolar disorder or Schizophrenia

- Patients with a current Primary Axis I diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive disorder,
Anorexia Nervosa or Bulimia.

- Women who are sexually active and who are not using adequate contraception, or who
are pregnant, trying to become pregnant, or breast feeding.

- Patients with general medical conditions that contraindicate antidepressant
medications

- Patients whose clinical status requires inpatient treatment at the time of baseline
interview.

- Patients who cannot read and understand English since all research instruments are
not yet translated and validated in Spanish or other languages.

- Some reports of SSRI-induced akathisia-like states have found them to be more highly
correlated with either concurrent or previous treatment with a neuroleptic, even in
patients with no history of movement disorders therefore, patients who have taken an
anti-psychotic medication within 4 months of the screening visit will be excluded
from the study.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Depression
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
DSIR AT
N01 MH90003-01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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