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Registration number
ACTRN12610000918022
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
26/10/2010
Date registered
28/10/2010
Date last updated
9/02/2011
Type of registration
Retrospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
Study about the relationship between quality of life and clinical and biological characteristic of ilness in patients affected by Mood Disorder
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Scientific title
Optimized light therapy for non-seasonal major depressive disorder: effects of timing and season
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Secondary ID [1]
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Number of Protocol 10-06-SO, ASL Citta' Di Milano (Member of AIFA)
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Linked study record
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Major Depression
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Condition category
Condition code
Mental Health
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Depression
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
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Target follow-up duration
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Patients treated with oral tablets of venlafaxine up to 225mg(After a 3 days washout period, venlafaxine was up-titrated to a dose of 150 mg/day within the first week. The drug dose was increased till 225 mg/day within the second week and it was then kept unchanged) and bright lihgt therapy (exposure daily for 30 minutes to a 10000 lux bright light) for three weeks: we will study the difference in response according to light therapy timing and season of recurrence and treatment
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Intervention code [1]
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Not applicable
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Comparator / control treatment
Not applicable-Observational study
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Control group
Uncontrolled
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Reduction of Hamilton Depression Rating Scale scores
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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three weeks
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Secondary outcome [1]
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Changes in circadian rhythm profile (activity-rets and sleep-wake rhythms) using actimetric registration, done during the first three days of each week of treatment.
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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three weeks
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
The sample includes inpatients affected by Major Depressive Disorder, current depressive episode without psychotic features (DSM-IV criteria; SCID interview).
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Minimum age
18
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Maximum age
65
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Sex
Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
Additional diagnoses on axis I; mental retardation on axis II; pregnancy, major medical and neurological disorders, treatment with slow release neuroleptic drugs in the last month before admission.
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Study design
Purpose
Natural history
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Duration
Longitudinal
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Selection
Defined population
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Timing
Prospective
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Statistical methods / analysis
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
1/05/2007
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Sample size
Target
100
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Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1]
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Italy
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State/province [1]
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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Hospital
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Name [1]
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Ospedale San Raffaele-Turro, Department of Clinical Neurosciences
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Address [1]
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Via Stamira di Ancona 20,
Milano
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Italy
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Primary sponsor type
Hospital
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Name
Ospedale San Raffaele-Turro, Department of Clinical Neurosciences
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Address
Via Stamira di Ancona 20,
Milano
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Italy
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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University
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Name [1]
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University Vita-Salute San Raffaele
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Address [1]
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Milano
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Country [1]
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Italy
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Ethics committee name [1]
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ASL Citta' di Milano
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Ethics committee address [1]
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via statuto 5, Milano
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Ethics committee country [1]
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Italy
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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Approval date [1]
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30/06/2006
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Ethics approval number [1]
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Summary
Brief summary
Light therapy (LT) was first developed and has been established as the treatment of choice for winter seasonal affective disorder (SAD). The use of light therapy has then expanded beyond SAD, with recent studies providing evidence for the efficacy of bright LT in non-seasonal major depression. Light Therapy (LT) when combined with standard antidepressant treatment for unipolar depression hastens recovery, with benefits that can be perceived during the first week of treatment. Several questions remain unanswered in the field: which is the best schedule of light therapy administration in non SAD patients? Given that the photoperiod continuously change over the seasons, with a phase-delay of natural morning light exposure during autumn and winter and a phase-advance during spring and summer, do the season of treatment and season of recurrence influence the efficacy? Is the antidepressant response to combined LT paralleled by changes in sleep and activity-rest rhythms?The aim of the present study is to provide a preliminary answer to these questions in a homogeneous sample of patients affected by non-seasonal Major Depression and treated with combined antidepressant LT and venlafaxine.
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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Contact person for public queries
Name
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Sara Dallaspezia
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Address
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Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Raffaele Turro, Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Via Stamira di Ancona 20,
Milano, Italy
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Country
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Italy
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Phone
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+39/02/26433156
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for scientific queries
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Sara Dallaspezia
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Address
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Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Raffaele Turro, Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Via Stamira di Ancona 20,
Milano, Italy
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Italy
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+39/02/26433156
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[email protected]
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