Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module

The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.

Eligibility Module path is as follows:

Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module


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NCT ID: NCT01109693
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria: * non-psychotic unipolar major depressive episode (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fourth Edition \[DSM-IV\]) in the preceding month * age 25-75 * starting treatment with sertraline clinically indicated * tolerability to sertraline 25 mg/d ascertained * can understand and sign informed consent form * can be contacted by telephone for symptom severity and adverse events Exclusion Criteria: * have received antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, psychostimulants, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or depression-specific psychotherapies in the preceding month * history of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or bipolar disorder * current dementia, borderline personality disorder, eating disorder or substance dependence * physical disease interfering with sertraline or mirtazapine treatment * allergy to sertraline or mirtazapine * terminal physical illness * currently pregnant or breast-feeding * high risk of imminent suicide * requiring compulsory admission * expected to change doctors within 6 months * cohabiting relatives of research staff * cannot understand Japanese
Healthy Volunteers: False
Sex: ALL
Minimum Age: 25 Years
Maximum Age: 75 Years
Study: NCT01109693
Study Brief:
Protocol Section: NCT01109693