Official Title: “An Eight-Week, Double-Blind, Group-Sequential Design, Placebo Controlled Trial To Evaluate The Safety And Efficacy Of The Co- Administration Of Sertraline And Elzasonan (CP-448,187) In Outpatients With Major Depressive Disorder”

The major purpose of the study is to help determine whether giving the combination of Elzasonan with Zoloft to people with depression is a better treatment than taking Zoloft alone. This study will also compare the safety and tolerability of Elzasonan and Zoloft combination to Zoloft alone or placebo.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

• Drug: Sertraline and Elzasonan Combination
• Drug: Sertraline
• Drug: Placebo

Primary Measures

• The estimated treatment difference (elzasonan plus sertraline - sertraline monotherapy) in MADRS (Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale) remission rates at Week 8 in patients with MDD.

Secondary Measures

• Change from baseline in: MADRS, CGI-I, CGI-S, HAMA, HAMD17, CSFQ, SOS-10 and PGID-D total scores at Week 8. Treatment differences in MADRS response rates at Week 8.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult subjects, 18 years of age or older with a diagnosis of recurrent, moderate-to-severe MDD without psychotic features (DSM-IV 296.3x, with a HAMD17 score
• >= to 22 and CGI-S >=4.
• MDD must be the primary psychiatric disorder that motivated the subject to seek treatment and the current episode must be at least 1 month in duration but no longer than 6 months in duration.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects who, in the investigator's judgement, would require treatment with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), or antipsychotics, or would require a change in intensity of psychotherapy, or subjects who would require treatment with any other psychotherapeutic drugs during the course of the trial.
• Subjects who have ever been diagnosed with Panic Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Bipolar Affective Disorder, Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder or othe Psychotic Disorder, MDD with a seasonal pattern, or Dissociative Disorders per DSM-IV criteria.

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 18 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: No

Lead Sponsor: Pfizer

Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts

Pfizer CT.gov Call Center Study Director Pfizer  

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 02, 2009

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00275197

Study ID Number: A7571001

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00275197

Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

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