A Study Comparing Duloxetine and Placebo in Assessing Energy and Vitality in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) Patients

Summary

Study F1J-US-HMFS comprises two identical multicenter, 9-month, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, trials (HMFSa and HMFSb). The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of Duloxetine 60 milligrams (mg) once daily to placebo on depression in patients aged 18-65. Data from the two trials will be reported in both individual and pooled analyses. Pooling the two studies will allow for increased power to detect differences between duloxetine and placebo on secondary and exploratory objectives. Only one data lock is planned for this study, when all patients have completed all study procedures.

Timeline

Start

2007-09

Primary completion

2008-05

Completion

2008-12

Publications

• Harada E, Kato M, Fujikoshi S, Wohlreich MM, Berggren L, Tokuoka H. Changes in energy during treatment of depression: an analysis of duloxetine in double-blind placebo-controlled trials. Int J Clin Pract. 2015 Oct;69(10):1139-48. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.12658. Epub 2015 May 16.
• Dodd S, Berk M, Kelin K, Zhang Q, Eriksson E, Deberdt W, Craig Nelson J. Application of the Gradient Boosted method in randomised clinical trials: Participant variables that contribute to depression treatment efficacy of duloxetine, SSRIs or placebo. J Affect Disord. 2014 Oct;168:284-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.05.014. Epub 2014 Jun 4.

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