Early Prediction of Fluoxetine Response

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify what degree of symptom changes during the early weeks could be used to predict eventual nonresponse at week 6 among depressive inpatients taking fluoxetine.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Kaohsiung Kai-Suan Psychiatric Hospital
• Treatments: Fluoxetine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosis of major depressive disorder

• HAM-D-17 ≧17

• written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Comorbid of substance abuse/dependence

• Comorbid with mental disorders due to general medical conditions

• Past history of treatment-resistant depression

• Severe physical problems

• pregnant women

• lactation