A 12-Week, Placebo Controlled Trial of Ziprasidone as Monotherapy for Major Depressive Disorder

Summary

This is a study on the effectiveness, tolerability and safety of oral ziprasidone as monotherapy in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Outpatients suffering from MDD will be treated with either ziprasidone or placebo for 12 weeks. Hypothesis: There will be a statistically significant difference in the magnitude of response, as measured by a decrease in baseline 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D-17) scores, between the two treatment groups; the reduction in HAM-D-17 scores will be greater in the ziprasidone monotherapy group than in the placebo group.

Timeline

Start

2008-03

Primary completion

2010-06

Completion

2010-06

Publications

• Results Papakostas GI, Vitolo OV, Ishak WW, Rapaport MH, Zajecka JM, Kinrys G, Mischoulon D, Lipkin SH, Hails KA, Abrams J, Ward SG, Meisner A, Schoenfeld DA, Shelton RC, Winokur A, Okasha MS, Bari MA, Fava M. A 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, sequential parallel comparison trial of ziprasidone as monotherapy for major depressive disorder. J Clin Psychiatry. 2012 Dec;73(12):1541-7. doi: 10.4088/JCP.12m07670.
• Heo JY, Jeon HJ, Fava M, Mischoulon D, Baer L, Clain A, Doorley J, Pisoni A, Papakostas GI. Efficacy of ziprasidone monotherapy in patients with anxious depression: a 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, sequential-parallel comparison trial. J Psychiatr Res. 2015 Mar;62:56-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.01.007. Epub 2015 Jan 26.

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