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:
2025-12-24 @ 7:25 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:25 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01182103
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
The clinical screening and assessment in patients with major depression：
1. 40 major depression will be recruited in psychiatric inpatients according to DSM-IV criteria by a semi-structured interview. The assessment will be done by two senior psychiatrists. The intra-rater and inter-rater reliability will be done before this project started.
2. The patients had the ability to complete the written inform consent.
3. The choice of antidepressant drugs depended on the need of patients in natural treatment procedure. They included selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), eg. fluoxetine or paroxetine.
4. The 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) was used to assess severity of depression. The minimum baseline score of the 17-item HAM-D was 18.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. The patients had systemic diseases, including metabolic, heart, and liver diseases。
2. The patients had received any drugs before entering this protocol.
3. The patients were heavy smokers or dependent on alcohol.
4. The use of secondary generation anti-psychotic drugs and mood stabilizers.
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
60 Years
Study:
NCT01182103
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01182103