Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
CLE-20098-068
Study information
Scientific title
Observational cohort study to evaluate the safety of agomelatine in standard medical practice in depressed patients: a prospective, observational (non interventional), international, multicentre cohort study
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To evaluate in standard medical practice the safety of agomelatine prescribed to depressed patients.
Ethics approval
First Ethics Committee approval obtained on 09/11/2009
Study design
Prospective observational (non-interventional) international multicentre cohort study
Primary study design
Observational
Secondary study design
Cohort study
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Major depressive disorder
Intervention
Please note that this is a non-interventional study; the objective is to evaluate in standard medical practice the safety of agomelatine prescribed to depressed patients.
Dosage: Agomelatine 25 mg tablets - according to the SmPC, 25 mg once daily taken orally at bedtime (up to 50 mg once daily if no improvement of symptoms after 2 weeks of treatment).
Duration: patients followed during a maximum of 28 weeks.
Intervention type
Drug
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Agomelatine
Primary outcome measures
Safety of agomelatine prescribed to depressed patients, measured each time patients will come and visit his/her physician. Please note that participation of patients in the agomelatine cohort will not trigger additional medical follow-up visits. The participating physician will follow patients through control visits planned as part of normal clinical practice.
Secondary outcome measures
No secondary outcome measures
Overall trial start date
22/12/2009
Overall trial end date
01/12/2012
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Both genders patients aged at least 18 years or legal age of majority (without upper limit of age)
2. Initiated into agomelatine for their current depressive episode
3. Having signed an informed consent
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
10,000 (agomelatine cohort)
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Having to stop an ongoing antidepressant with which they were treated with success for their depression
2. Already treated with another antidepressant that they wish to continue in addition to agomelatine
3. Planning to move during the 26 weeks of the follow-up
Recruitment start date
22/12/2009
Recruitment end date
01/12/2012
Locations
Countries of recruitment
France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain
Trial participating centre
Centre hospitalier Sainte Anne
Paris
75014
France
Sponsor information
Organisation
Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier (France)
Sponsor details
50 rue Carnot
Suresnes
92284
France
Sponsor type
Industry
Website
Funders
Funder type
Industry
Funder name
Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier (France)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary