NCT02857036

Rhythm and Depression

Characterization of Rhythmic Markers Associated With the Response to Antidepressants

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study aims to characterize the rhythmic parameters of unipolar depressed patients that are associated with the response to antidepressants after 6 weeks of treatment.

Detailed description

Patients are included at the time of their hospitalization in the psychiatry unit. They perform rhythmic parameters recording within 48hours after the initiation of the antidepressant treatment. An evaluation of the evaluation of the severity of depression symptoms is performed at 2, 4 and 6 weeks after the initiation of the antidepressant treatment. A correlation analysis will be performed with rhythmic parameters and the response to the antidepressant treatment.

Conditions

• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	rhythmic parameter recording	the following rhythmic parameters are recording during 48 hours: temperature, heart rate and actimetry
BEHAVIORAL	psychiatric assessment	different psychometric scales are filled in: Montgomery and Asberg depression rating scale (MADRS), Quick inventory depression scale (QIDS-C16) and Beck depression inventory (BDI)

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-07-01
• Primary completion: 2018-09-01
• Completion: 2018-10-01
• First posted: 2016-08-05
• Last updated: 2017-03-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France