Personalized Antidepressant Adherence Strategies For Depressed Elders

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Depression

In brief

The study is a randomized controlled trial to test the usefulness of a brief intervention to improve adherence to antidepressant medication prescribed to older adults in a primary care setting. Study will be conducted at Weill Cornell and University of Michigan.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01301859

Run by

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

People needed

231

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2016-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-01-13

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age: 65 and older; Newly prescribed antidepressant medication by PCP (within past 10 days); Has not been prescribed antidepressant medication in previous 6 months.

You may not qualify if…

• High suicide risk, i.e. intent or plan to attempt suicide Presence of alcohol abuse, substance abuse, psychotic disorder or, bipolar disorder as observed on the SCID, are excluded; Dementia: MMSE below 24, clinical assessment, or medication; Inability to speak English; Aphasia interfering with communication; Terminal illness or current chemotherapy

Where it is running

• University of Michigan — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• Weil Cornell Medical College — New York, New York, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.