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
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:20 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:20 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00254020
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age \> 18 years
* Gender: male or female
* Language: speaks and understands English
* Clinical diagnosis of stroke according to World Health Organization MONICA Project and recent (\< 3 months) cerebral infarctions
* Written, informed consent
* Depressed group only: diagnosis of a major depressive episode according to the depression module of the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV (SCID-IV)
Exclusion Criteria:
* Subarachnoid hemorrhage
* Intracranial hemorrhage
* Significant acute medical illness including: drug overdose, severely disturbed liver, kidney or lung function, anemia, hypothyroidism, or uncontrolled diabetes
* Significant acute neurologic illness including: impaired consciousness, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, progressive supranuclear paralysis, brain tumor, subdural hematoma, multiple sclerosis, hydrocephalus, Binswanger's disease, or severe aphasia
* Presence of a premorbid Axis I psychiatric diagnosis (eg. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder)
* Depressed group only: contraindications to receiving treatment with citalopram (including previous nonresponse) or serious risk of suicide
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT00254020
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00254020