Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D)
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Official title
Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression
Brief summary
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STAR\*D focuses on non-psychotic major depressive disorder in adults who are seen in outpatient settings. The primary purpose of this research study is to determine which treatments work best if the first treatment with medication does not produce an acceptable response. Participants will first receive citalopram, an SSRI medication; if symptoms remain after 8-12 weeks of treatment, up to four other levels of treatment will be offered, including cognitive therapy and other medications. There are no placebo treatments. Some patients may require a combination of two or more treatments to obtain full benefit. Participation could last from 15 to 27 months and involve up to 30 clinic visits. Participants will be interviewed by telephone throughout the study about their symptoms, daily functioning, treatment side effects, use of the health care system, and satisfaction with treatment. There will be a one-year follow up for participants once their depression has been successfully treated
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00021528
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 4,000 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- citalopram Drug
- BuproprionSR Drug
- buspirone Drug
- Lithium Drug
- mirtazapine Drug
- nortriptyline Drug
- sertraline Drug
- tranylcypromine Drug
- VenlafaxineXR Drug
- Cognitive Therapy Behavioral
- T3 (Triiodothyronine) Drug
Drug · Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 75 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 2001 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Sep 2006 (Type not available)
- Last update posted
- Sep 25, 2009
2001 – 2006
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 41
- U.S. states
- 13
- U.S. cities
- 23
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham VA Medical Center | Birmingham | Alabama | 35223 | — |
| Tuscaloosa VA Mental Health Clinic - Veterans Only | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | 35404 | — |
| Tuscaloosa VA Primary Care Center | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | 35404 | — |
| Psychiatric Centers at San Diego | Chula Vista | California | 91910 | — |
| Harbor UCLA Family Health Care Center | Harbor City | California | 90710 | — |
| UCLA General Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic | Los Angeles | California | 90024 | — |
| UCLA Internal Medicine Clinic | Los Angeles | California | 90024 | — |
| UCSD Outpatient Psychiatric Services | San Diego | California | 92103 | — |
| Veterans Affairs Medical Center/FIRM Primary Care Clinic | San Diego | California | 92161 | — |
| Harbor UCLA Medical Center | Torrance | California | 90509 | — |
| Northwestern Outpatient Treatment Care Center | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | — |
| University of Illinois at Chicago Clinic | Chicago | Illinois | 60612 | — |
| Evanston Outpatient Clinic | Evanston | Illinois | 60201 | — |
| COMCARE of Sedgwick County | Wichita | Kansas | 67203 | — |
| Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic | Wichita | Kansas | 67214-2878 | — |
| Swampscott Family Doctors | Boston | Massachusetts | 01907 | — |
| Internal Medicine Associates | Boston | Massachusetts | 02114 | — |
| MGH/Charlestown Clinic | Charlestown | Massachusetts | 02129 | — |
| MGH/Salem Professional | Salem | Massachusetts | 01970 | — |
| General Psychiatric Ambulatory Clinic | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48105-0722 | — |
| Briarwood Family Practice Clinic | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48109-0708 | — |
| LIJ/Zucker Hillside Adult Ambulatory Care Center | Glen Oaks | New York | 11004 | — |
| LIJ North Shore Medical Group | Lake Success | New York | 11040 | — |
| UNC Chapel Hill General Medicine Clinic | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 27599-7110 | — |
| UNC Chapel Hill Adult Diagnostic & Treatment Clinic | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 27599-7160 | — |
| UNC Chapel Hill Family Practice Clinic | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 27955 | — |
| Springer Family Medicine | Tulsa | Oklahoma | 74135 | — |
| Laureate Psychiatric Clinic & Hospital | Tulsa | Oklahoma | 74136 | — |
| Warren Clinic | Tulsa | Oklahoma | 74136 | — |
| Diversified Human Services Clinic | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15062 | — |
| Latterman Family Health Center | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15132 | — |
| Bellefield Clinic of WPIC | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15213 | — |
| AMPN Corkery, Heise & Dainesi | Upper Saint Clair | Pennsylvania | 15317 | — |
| Psychiatric Consultants, P.C. | Nashville | Tennessee | 37203 | — |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center-Mental Health Center | Nashville | Tennessee | 37212 | — |
| Vine Hill Community Clinic | Nashville | Tennessee | 37212 | — |
| Centerstone/Luton Mental Health Services | Nashville | Tennessee | 37217 | — |
| The Holiner Psychiatric Group | Dallas | Texas | 75230 | — |
| UT Southwestern Family Medicine Clinic | Dallas | Texas | 75390 | — |
| MCV Primary Care Clinic | Richmond | Virginia | 23220 | — |
| MCV Family Counseling | Richmond | Virginia | 23298-0268 | — |
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