Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study of Cortical Excitability as Marker of Antidepressant Response: EXCIPSY Study (EXCIPSY)
Major Depressive Disorder
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Major Depressive Disorder focused on measuring cortical excitability, marker of response
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion criteria:
- major depressive episode (according to DSM 5 criteria). Severity of depressive episode assessed by Hamilton Depressive Rating Scale 21 items (HAMD-21) : score > 15 (significant impairment), low suicide risk (score < 2 on suicide item).
- Drug-naive patient (or antidepressant stopped for more than 3 months).
- Patient covered by security social system.
- Patient who is able to read and understand the information paper. Patient who is able to sign the consent.
- For women of childbearing age, effective method of contraception (estrogen-progestin contraceptive or intra-uterine device or tubal ligation) for more than 1 month (negative pregnancy test).
Exclusion criteria:
- Coprescription of psychoactive or neurological drugs known to alter cortical excitability
- Other psychiatric disorders (psychotic disorders, eating disorders).
- Change of antidepressive drug during the study.
- Abuse or addiction at other substances than nicotine or caffeine.
- Unsteady consumption of nicotine or caffeine.
- Dermatologic disease, dementia, medical history of seizure or epilepsy, brain tumor, metallic biomedical implants in brain.
- Ongoing treatment by magnetic or electric stimulation (for example : transcutaneous nerve stimulation or spinal cord stimulation).
- Women of childbearing age without effective contraception, pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Patient who was already included in a clinical trial within 30 days before the inclusion visit.
- Patient deprived of liberty and under guardianship.
Sites / Locations
- Rouvray HospitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Treatment by citalopram
The patients will receive a treatment by citalopram at 20mg/day. If patients respond by at least 20% on the HAMD-21 scale at day 14 : continuation at 20 mg/day. If patients do not respond by at least 20% at day 14 : increase the dose at 40 mg/day. The patients who will not respond by at least 50% on the HAMD-21 scale at day 28 will be excluded of the study and will undergo a new treatment plan. The patients who will respond by at least 50% on HAMD-21 at day 28 will continue citalopram at the same dose and will be reappraised at day 60. The patients will be assessed for the markers of neuroexcitability at day 1, day 3, day 7, day 14, day 28 and day 60.