Clinical trialNCT00495768UnknownInterventional

Reducing Depressive Symptoms During HCV Therapy: A Randomized Study

SponsorSouth Texas Veterans Health Care SystemEnrollment90DepressionHepatitis C

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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial of an 8-visit non-pharmacologic group intervention in reducing the severity of depressive symptoms in veterans who receive IFN and ribavirin for the treatment of Hepatitis C. We hypothesize that over the first 6 months of treatment with IFN and ribavirin for the 45 patients who receive the 8-visit intervention early in the course of treatment in addition to usual care (experimental group) will have lower scores on the CES-D, a standard depression rating scale, than the 45 patients who receive only usual care (control group).

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Investigators

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Stephen L. Stern, M.D.
South Texas Veterans Hospital, Audie Murphy Division & the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Audie Murphy Division
San Antonio, Texas, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 31 Jul 2004
Primary completion: —
Completion: 31 Dec 2007
Last update posted: 14 Dec 2007
Registered enrollment: 90
Registry id: NCT00495768

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