STAR*D Alcohol: Treatment of Depression Concurrent With Alcohol Abuse
Completed
Conditions studied: Major Depressive Disorder, Alcohol Use Disorder
In brief
The purpose of this study is to determine if having an alcohol use disorder affects recovery from depression, and also whether recovery from depression in patients who have alcohol use disorders is also accompanied by improvement in the alcohol use disorder.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00369746
- Run by
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
- People needed
- 674
- Starts
- 2006-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2009-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-05-09
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Males and females aged 18- 75 years
- Meets criteria for Non-psychotic Major Depression
- Signs informed consent and able to comply with study
- Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D 17) >14
- Endorses any drinking items on Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test
You may not qualify if…
- Pregnant women and women of childbearing potential who are not using a medically accepted means of contraception.
- Women who are breast feeding
- Patients with suicidal ideation that require hospitalization
- Patients with unstable physical disorders
- Patients with a history of allergy to citalopram or history of non-response to an adequate dose of citalopram in the current episode.
- Patients meeting criteria for the following diagnoses as a primary condition: Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Bipolar I, II, and Not Otherwise Specified, Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Patients abusing substances which require detoxification. American Society for Addiction Medicine standards for detoxification will be used (Level III.7). Patients with substance abuse who are in substance abuse treatment will be eligible.
Where it is running
- New York State Psychiatric Institute — New York, New York, United States
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