Patients who participated in the previous trial 28130, who were eligible, were entered into this trial. Patients who were randomized to placebo in the previous trial 28130 continued on placebo while patients who were randomized to Org 34517 (SCH 900636), regardless of dose, were titrated to 900 mg Org 34517. Patients in this trial took their study medication for 2 weeks in order to study the safety and tolerability of Org 34517.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
16
Org 34517 300 mg on Day 1, 600 mg on Day 2, then 900 mg daily starting from Day 3. Subjects in this arm were also to continue the "usual treatment" for psychotic major depression.
Placebo
Safety and tolerability measures (vital signs, AEs)
Time frame: 4 weeks
17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD) total score
Time frame: 4 weeks
proportion of BPRS 30% responders; proportion of subjects with sustained BPRS 30% response
Time frame: 4 weeks
proportion of HAMD 50% responders; proportion of subjects with sustained HAMD 50% response
Time frame: 4 weeks
clinical global impression (CGI)
Time frame: 4 weeks
PANNS total score
Time frame: 4 weeks
PANSS positive scale score, PANSS negative scale score, PANSS general psychopathology score
Time frame: 4 weeks
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