Augmenting Antidepressant Treatment With Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Treating Late-life Depression

Summary

This study will determine whether adding interpersonal psychotherapy to treatment with the antidepressant escitalopram will be more effective in reducing symptoms of depression than antidepressant medication alone.

Timeline

Start

2004-04

Primary completion

2009-08

Completion

2009-08

Publications

• Results Reynolds CF 3rd, Dew MA, Martire LM, Miller MD, Cyranowski JM, Lenze E, Whyte EM, Mulsant BH, Pollock BG, Karp JF, Gildengers A, Szanto K, Dombrovski AY, Andreescu C, Butters MA, Morse JQ, Houck PR, Bensasi S, Mazumdar S, Stack JA, Frank E. Treating depression to remission in older adults: a controlled evaluation of combined escitalopram with interpersonal psychotherapy versus escitalopram with depression care management. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2010 Nov;25(11):1134-41. doi: 10.1002/gps.2443.
• Andreescu C, Tudorascu DL, Butters MA, Tamburo E, Patel M, Price J, Karp JF, Reynolds CF 3rd, Aizenstein H. Resting state functional connectivity and treatment response in late-life depression. Psychiatry Res. 2013 Dec 30;214(3):313-21. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2013.08.007. Epub 2013 Oct 18.

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