A Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of TC-5214 as an Adjunct Therapy in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder.

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if TC-5214 or placebo (a tablet that looks like a medicine tablet or capsule, but contains no active medicine) is safe and effective when taken together with another antidepressant.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: AstraZeneca
• Collaborator: Targacept Inc.
• Treatments: Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Provision of signed and dated informed consent before initiation of any study-related procedures.

• The patient must have a clinical diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD) with inadequate response to no more than one antidepressant.

• Outpatient status at enrollment and randomization.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with a lifetime history of bipolar disorder, psychotic disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder.

• Patients with a history of suicide attempts in the past year and/or seen by the investigator as having a significant history of risk of suicide or homicide.

• History of renal insufficiency or impairment or conditions that could affect absorption or metabolism of investigational product.