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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00934687
Date of registration: 06/07/2009
Primary sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Public title: Botulinum Toxin for the Treatment of Depression
Scientific title: Clostridium Botulinum Type A Neurotoxin Complex for Adjuvant Treatment of Depressive Disorders - a Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
Date of first enrolment: August 2009
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00934687
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Germany Switzerland
Contacts
Name:   Tillmann HC Krüger, MD
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Affiliation:  Medical School HannoverPsychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover, Germany
Name:   Marc A Wollmer, MD
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Affiliation:  Psychiatry Hospital of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Mild to moderate depression (Ham-D >=15)

- Therapy with one antidepressant for at least four weeks

- at least moderate frown line

Exclusion Criteria:

- Bipolar depression

- Psychiatric comorbidity

- Severe somatic comorbidity

- Pregnancy

- Peculiarities at the injection site

- Psychiatric medication other than one antidepressant

- Specific psychotherapy

- Previous application of botulinum toxin

- Medication interfering with botulinum toxin



Age minimum: 25 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Depression
Intervention(s)
Drug: clostridium botulinum toxin type A neurotoxin complex
Other: 0.9% NaCl solution
Primary Outcome(s)
Response rate (reduction in Ham-D score by >30% compared to baseline) [Time Frame: six weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
need for additional treatment [Time Frame: eight weeks, twelve weeks, or sixteen weeks]
Remission rate (number of patients with HAM-D score < 8) [Time Frame: six weeks]
response by self rating (BDI) [Time Frame: six weeks]
Time to response (20% reduction of HAM-D score compared to baseline) [Time Frame: two, four, or six weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
2009DR2125
EKBB14/09
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Hannover Medical School
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