1,600
Participants
Start Date
September 22, 2020
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2027
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2028
Sertraline 200 milligram(mg)
All included participants will receive sertraline, initially at 50mg/d, with a weekly 50mg/d further increase, to the maximum recommended dosage (200mg/d) or to the maximum tolerated dosage (less than 200mg/d). Patients will be on their maximum dose by week 4, so allowing an assessment of response at 12 weeks
Sertraline 300 milligram(mg)
In experimental phase II, the patients in this group will remain on sertraline (higher dosage): where sertraline 200mg has been tolerated, dosage will be increased by 50mg fortnightly to a maximal dose of 300mg/d or to the maximum tolerable dose (less than 300mg/d).
Fluvoxamine
Fluvoxamine will be initiated at a dose of 50mg/d, increasing quickly to a maximal dose of 300mg/d or the maximum tolerated dose by week 4.
Venlafaxine
venlafaxine will be initiated at 75mg/d, increasingly weekly by 75mg/day, to a maximal dose of 300 mg/d or the maximum tolerated dose.
Augment with Memantine
Sertraline will be augmented with memantine initially at 5mg/d, and increasing by 5mg/d weekly to a maximal dose of 20mg/d (10mg twice daily) or the maximum tolerated dose
Augment with Aripiprazole
Sertraline will be augmented with aripiprazole, initially at 5mg/d, and increasing by 5mg/d weekly to a maximal dose of 20mg/d or the maximum tolerated dose
RECRUITING
Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai
Collaborators (1)
The first specialized hospital of harbin
UNKNOWN
Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital
OTHER
First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University
OTHER
West China Hospital
OTHER
Suzhou Psychiatric Hospital
OTHER
Nanjing Medical University
OTHER
Wuhan Mental Health Centre
OTHER
Seventh People's Hospital of Hangzhou
OTHER
First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
OTHER
General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University
OTHER
The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
OTHER
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University
UNKNOWN
Shanghai Mental Health Center
OTHER