The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of Desvenlafaxine Succinate Sustained-Release (DVS SR) in child and adolescent outpatients with major depressive disorder. A secondary aim is to evaluate the efficacy of DVS SR in the treatment of child and adolescent outpatients with major depressive disorder in an exploratory manner.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
* tablet * subjects randomly assigned to 10-200 mg/day by age group * 6 month treatment period(\~182 days)
Pfizer Investigational Site
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Pfizer Investigational Site
North Miami, Florida, United States
Pfizer Investigational Site
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
Pfizer Investigational Site
Wichita, Kansas, United States
Pfizer Investigational Site
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Pfizer Investigational Site
New York, New York, United States
Pfizer Investigational Site
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Pfizer Investigational Site
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
Pfizer Investigational Site
Houston, Texas, United States
Number of Participants With Adverse Events AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)
AEs are any untoward, undesired, or unplanned event in the form of signs, symptoms, disease, or laboratory or physiologic observations occurring in a person given study treatment. The event does not need to be causally related to the study treatment. SAEs are adverse events that result in death, are life threatening, require hospitalization or prolongation of hospitalization, result in persistent or significant disability or incapacity, result in cancer, or result in a congenital anomaly or birth defect.
Time frame: Baseline (Extension study) up to Extension study Week 29 Follow up visit
Number of Participants for Columbia Suicide-Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) According to the Columbia Classification Algorithm of Suicide Assessment (C-CASA) Categories
C-SSRS is a participant rated questionnaire to assess suicidal ideation, suicidal behavior, actual attempts (yes or no responses), and intensity of ideation (rated 1=low severity to 5=high severity). Yes/No responses are mapped to Columbia Classification Algorithm of Suicide Assessment (C-CASA) categories: Completed suicide, suicide attempt, preparatory acts toward imminent suicidal behavior, suicidal ideation, and self-injurious behavior, or no suicidal intent. A participant could have a yes or no response in more than one category.
Time frame: Postbaseline (≥Day 1 in Core study NCT00619619) up to Week 26 (Extension study)
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