Active clinical trials for "Depression"

The main purpose of this study is to assess the effect of a cognitive group intervention on prevention of major depression in 14-15-year-old adolescents. Moreover, the effect on other selected mental health parameters are investigated.

To confirm the safety and efficacy of the NCP System in treating patients in a nmajor depressive episode.

While acute pain after surgery or trauma comes on suddenly and lasts for a limited amount of time, chronic pain persists and can continue for months and even years. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) uses a magnetic field to deliver a current to the brain and can affect brain activity. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of rTMS treatment in reducing chronic widespread pain in women.

This multicenter study aims to investigate the safety and efficacy of cimicoxib, a selective COX-2 inhibitor, in combination with sertraline compared to sertraline combined with placebo in patients with major depression. This clinical study is based on the assumption that adjunctive treatment of major depression with a COX-2 inhibitor may be beneficial.

To determine whether giving folic acid to people with depression will help their antidepressants work better. If folate does help antidepressants to work better, then it will provide a safe, simple and cheap way of improving the treatment of depression.

Recently, antidepressants have been explored as a class of medications to treat major depression in the context of perimenopause, as well as the somatic symptoms of perimenopause (such as hot flashes). Duloxetine (Cymbalta) is one of the newer antidepressants approved for the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Therefore, the current study is designed to assess the efficacy of duloxetine in a sample of women who are perimenopausal and meet criteria for MDD. We will assess impact on MDD and perimenopausal symptoms.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) versus Present-Centered Therapy (PCT) in treating current post-traumatic stress symptoms associated with sexual assault that occurred while veterans were serving in the military.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the nicotinic receptor antagonist mecamylamine hydrochloride (Inversine) can augment SSRI-refractory major depression symptoms, quality of life and cigarette smoking outcomes. A total of n=60 SSRI-refractory patients who are on stable doses of an SSRI are being recruited into this 8-week double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate superior efficacy of Quetiapine fumarate sustained release (SEROQUEL) compared with placebo when used as a mono-therapy in the treatment of Major Depressive Disorders PLEASE NOTE: Seroquel SR and Seroquel XR refer to the same formulation. The SR designation was changed to XR after consultation with FDA.

This trial is a 52-week safety study to evaluate the safety of adjunctive aripiprazole in outpatients with major depressive disorder who have experienced an incomplete response to an ongoing antidepressant trial.