Augmenting Antidepressant Treatment With Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Treating Late-life Depression
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Official title
Geriatric Depression: Getting Better, Getting Well
Brief summary
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This study will determine whether adding interpersonal psychotherapy to treatment with the antidepressant escitalopram will be more effective in reducing symptoms of depression than antidepressant medication alone.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00177294
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 319 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Escitalopram Drug
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy Behavioral
- Clinical Monitoring Behavioral
Drug · Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 60 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 2004 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Aug 2009 (Actual)
- Completion
- Aug 2009 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Jan 12, 2012
2004 – 2009
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15213 | — |
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- Last update posted Jan 12, 2012 · Synced Oct 22, 2026
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