A Study of Duloxetine in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and Associated Painful Symptoms

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out if 60 mg of duloxetine given once a day by mouth for 8 weeks to patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder, who also report associated painful physical symptoms, is better than placebo when treating depression and its associated painful symptoms.

Timeline

Start

2009-11

Primary completion

2010-10

Completion

2010-10

Publications

• Background Dmitrienko A, Offen WW, Westfall PH. Gatekeeping strategies for clinical trials that do not require all primary effects to be significant. Stat Med. 2003 Aug 15;22(15):2387-400. doi: 10.1002/sim.1526.
• Gaynor PJ, Gopal M, Zheng W, Martinez JM, Robinson MJ, Marangell LB. A randomized placebo-controlled trial of duloxetine in patients with major depressive disorder and associated painful physical symptoms. Curr Med Res Opin. 2011 Oct;27(10):1849-58. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2011.609539. Epub 2011 Aug 12.

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