Augmenting Antidepressant Treatment With Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Treating Late-life Depression

PHASE4CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

319

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 30, 2004

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2009

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2009

Conditions
Depression
Interventions
DRUG

Escitalopram

Escitalopram 10 mg daily for first 6 weeks, followed by escitalopram 20 mg daily for 16 additional weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Interpersonal Psychotherapy

16 sessions of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT)

BEHAVIORAL

Clinical Monitoring

16 weeks of depression care management(DCM). No psychotherapy will be provided.

Trial Locations (1)

15213

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

lead

University of Pittsburgh

OTHER

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