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Efficacy and Safety Study of Seroquel SR in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder

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AstraZeneca

Status and phase

Completed
Phase 3

Conditions

Major Depressive Disorder

Treatments

Drug: Quetiapine

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT00388973
EUDRACT No: 2006-001196-38
D1448C00014

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate whether treatment with (SEROQUEL SR) quetiapine fumarate sustained release (SR) for 9 weeks compared to placebo will improve depressive symptoms in elderly patients with major depressive disorder.

PLEASE NOTE: Seroquel SR and Seroquel XR refer to the same formulation. The SR designation was changed to XR after consultation with FDA.

Enrollment

338 patients

Sex

All

Ages

66+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female patients, 66 years or older, with a documented clinical diagnosis of MDD.

Exclusion criteria

  • The presence of dementia or mental disorder other than MDD within 6 months of enrolment,
  • Uncontrolled hypertension, substance or alcohol abuse
  • A current diagnosis of cancer or a current or past diagnosis of stroke

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

Trial contacts and locations

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