The Effect of Patient and Investigator Expectation on the Efficacy of Escitalopram in the Treatment Depression

Summary

To evaluate the effect of visit number, patient expectation, and rater expectation of the efficacy of escitalopram treatment in fixed doses of 10 and 20mg, based on baseline severity in patients with MDD.

Timeline

Start

2010-06

Primary completion

2012-06

Completion

2012-10

Publications

• Background Gomeni R, Lavergne A, Merlo-Pich E. Modelling placebo response in depression trials using a longitudinal model with informative dropout. Eur J Pharm Sci. 2009 Jan 31;36(1):4-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ejps.2008.10.025. Epub 2008 Nov 8.

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