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: NCT00054704
Eligibility Criteria: * INCLUSION CRITERIA: Male or female subjects, 18-70 years of age. Female subjects of childbearing potential must be using a medically accepted means of contraception. Each subject must have a level of understanding sufficient to agree to all required tests and examinations. Each subject must understand the nature of the study and must sign an informed consent document. Subjects must fulfill the criteria bipolar I or II disorder, current episode depressed without psychotic features as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) based on clinical assessment and confirmed by the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID-P). Subjects must have an initial score at Visit 1 and Visit 2 of at least 20 on the MADRS. Current duration of depressive episode should be at least 4 weeks. Subjects must have experienced, in the opinion of the investigator, at least one previous major depressive episode as defined in DSM-IV (not including the current major depressive episode). EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Presence of psychotic features. Female subjects who are either pregnant or nursing. Serious, unstable illnesses including hepatic, renal, gastroenterologic, respiratory, cardiovascular (including ischemic heart disease), endocrinologic, neurologic, immunologic, or hematologic disease. Subjects with uncorrected hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism. Clinically significant abnormal laboratory tests. Current or past blood dyscrasia. Documented history of hypersensitivity or intolerance to riluzole. DSM-IV substance abuse or dependence within the past 90 days. No alcohol or recreational drug use will be permitted during the study. Treatment with an injectable depot neuroleptic within less than one dosing interval between depot neuroleptic injections prior to visit 2. Treatment with a reversible monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI), guanethidine, or guanadrel within 1 week or with fluoxetine within 5 weeks prior to Visit 2. Treatment with any other concomitant medication with primarily central nervous system (CNS) activity, other than specified in Appendix A. Treatment with clozapine or electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) within 4 weeks prior to Visit 2. Current diagnosis of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder as defined in the DSM-IV. Current Axis I Anxiety Disorder that is clinically significant. Judged clinically to be at serious suicidal risk.
Healthy Volunteers: False
Sex: ALL
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 70 Years
Study: NCT00054704
Study Brief:
Protocol Section: NCT00054704