Poststroke Depression in Hemorrhagic Stroke

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-11-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

A double-blinded placebo-controlled randomized trial to evaluate the effect of preventative treatment of depression in survivors of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH), a type of stroke.

• Phase: Early Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Washington
• Treatments: Fluoxetine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients 18-85 years of age aged 18 years and older will be included.

Patients admitted for subarachnoid hemorrhage from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm will be included.

Only patients who provide informed consent will be included.

Exclusion Criteria:

Non-English speaking patients will be excluded.

Patients currently receiving therapy for depression or related mental health diagnoses before admission will be excluded.

Patients with medical contraindications to fluoxetine therapy will be excluded.

Pregnant patients or patients considering pregnancy during the trial period at the time of consent will be excluded.

Patients with active psychosis will be excluded.

Patients who are incarcerated or in police custody will be excluded.

Patients with a comorbidity or cognitive impairment (as determined by a recruiter-administered Montreal Cognitive Assessment; Patients scoring >26 are considered of appropriate cognitive function for consent) that precludes informed consent and participation in the research interviews will be excluded.