Prolonging Remission in Depressed Elderly (PRIDE)

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Depression

In brief

This study will determine whether medications alone or medications and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) work best to prevent depressive relapse and to improve quality of life for older people with severe mood disorders.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT01028508
Run by: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
People needed: 247
Starts: 2010-01-01
Expected to finish: 2016-03-01
Last updated by the study team: 2017-04-11

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

DSM-IV diagnosis of major depressive episode, unipolar, based on the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I) for DSM-IV
ECT is clinically indicated

You may not qualify if…

Lifetime history of bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or mental retardation
Current diagnosis of delirium, dementia, or substance abuse/dependence in past 6 months as defined by DSM-IV-TR criteria

Where it is running

Georgia Regents University — Augusta, Georgia, United States
Mayo Clinic — Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Hoboken University Medical Center (MSSM satellite site) — Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
The Zucker Hillside Hospital North Shore-LIJ Health System — Glen Oaks, New York, United States
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — New York, New York, United States
Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute — New York, New York, United States
Weill Cornell Medical College — White Plains, New York, United States
Duke University — Durham, North Carolina, United States
Wake Forest University Medical Center — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas — Dallas, Texas, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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