A Study of Abilify® Tablet(Aripiprazole) as an Adjunctive Treatment in the Bipolar Depression
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Abilify 2, 5, 10, 15mg (Tablet), Placebo of Abilify 2, 5, 10, 15mg (Tablet).
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Depression, Bipolar. Basic parameters: 19 years — 70 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- South Korea
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
A Multicenter, Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group, Therapeutic Confirmatory Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Abilify® Tablet(Aripiprazole) as an Adjunctive Treatment in the Treatment of Major Depressive Episode Associated With Bipolar I or II Disorder
Overview
This is an 8-week, multicenter, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of aripiprazole as an adjunctive treatment with mood stabilizer for the treatment of patients (outpatients or inpatients) with type I or II bipolar disorder accompanied by major depressive episode, without any psychotropic features. This study involves patients who are considered by the investigator not to have a proper improvement, despite receiving a mood stabilizer (lithium or valproic acid) for a sufficient (≥ 28 days) period of time during the current depressive episode.
Interventions
- Drug Abilify 2, 5, 10, 15mg (Tablet)
Randomized subjects will take 1 tablet of aripiprazole or placebo orally once daily from the baseline visit (Visit 2) to Visit 8 (Week 8 visit or discontinuation visit). The initial dose of aripiprazole, the investigational product, is 2 mg once daily (irrespective of meals), which the investigators can maintain, increase or decrease within a range of 2 - 15 mg at each scheduled study visit, depending on the subject's clinical response and tolerability. - Drug Placebo of Abilify 2, 5, 10, 15mg (Tablet)
Randomized subjects will take 1 tablet of aripiprazole or placebo orally once daily from the baseline visit (Visit 2) to Visit 8 (Week 8 visit or discontinuation visit). The initial dose of aripiprazole, the investigational product, is 2 mg once daily (irrespective of meals), which the investigators can maintain, increase or decrease within a range of 2 - 15 mg at each scheduled study visit, depending on the subject's clinical response and tolerability.
Primary outcome measures
- Mean change in the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale total score [Time frame: Week 8]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- Mean change in the Clinical Global Impression-BP version Severity of Illness (Depression) score [Time frame: Week 8]
- Response rate [Time frame: Week 8]
- Remission rate [Time frame: Week 8]
- Percentage of subjects with Clinical Global Impression-BP version Severity of Illness (Depression) score of 1 or 2 [Time frame: Week 8]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Patients aged ≥ 19 and < 70 years at the time of informed consent
- Patients who are able to understand information required for providing a consent
- Patients who have received a mood stabilizer (lithium or valproic acid)
- Patients with bipolar I or II disorder accompanied by major depressive episode
- Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) total score ≥ 20 at both the screening and baseline visits
Exclusion criteria
- Patients diagnosed with bipolar I or II disorder with mania, mixed or psychotropic features
- Patients considered to have a high risk of suicide during the study period by the investigator based on current psychotic symptom and the patient's past medical history
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
South Korea · 1 center
- Seounl National University Hospital — Seoul
Identifiers
NCT: NCT03423680 · 031-402-00154