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NCT Number: NCT01032018

Comparison of Depression Interventions After Acute Coronary Syndrome

Patients will be consented and screened within 2 to 6 months of the index ACS. Patients who have elevated depression (BDI>=15 or BDI>=10 assessed twice over two week period) and who continue to meet all of the trial's eligibility criteria will be consented. Through informed consent, both arms of the trial will be described with equipoise as to these approaches to postACS depression care. Patients who consent to randomization will be enrolled in the treatment trial.

The intervention phase will be 6 months, and hence the final outcome assessments will be performed approximately 9 months after the index ACS. Interim measures of depression will be obtained at 2 and 4 months post-enrollment. Major adverse cardiac events and all-cause mortality will also be ascertained at 6 months post-enrollment. Quality assurance by an independent medical event adjudication committee using prospective guidelines will be employed.

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Key information

Conditions

Acute Coronary Syndrome Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Cardiovascular Diseases Depression Heart Diseases Myocardial Ischemia Vascular Diseases

Age range

35 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1 / Phase 2

Primary location

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Hospitalized for ACS defined as unstable angina or MI
  • BDI greater or equal to 10 and < 15 2-6 months post-ACS on each of 2 occasions, or BDI greater than 15 on one occasion
  • Age at least 35 years
  • Fluent in English or Spanish
  • Able to complete baseline assessment within 2-6 months of index ACS event
  • Able and willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Presence of non-cardiac condition likely to terminate fatally within 1 year
  • Inaccessibility for intervention or follow-up (e.g., plans to move from the area)
  • Cognitive impairment
  • Need for immediate psychiatric intervention (i.e., requiring hospitalization or psychiatric intervention within 72 hours)
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Major psychiatric co-morbidity (current or by history) including active psychosis, bipolar disorder, or overt personality disorder
  • Active substance abuse or dependency
  • Chronic renal failure (receiving chronic dialysis treatment, or estimated glomerular filtration rate"…[eGFR] < 30 ml/min/1.73 m2) or moderate/severe liver disease (e.g., esophageal varices, portal hypertension, encephalopathy, GI bleeding)
  • Participation in another clinical trial for the treatment of depression.

Treatment and study plan

Problem solving therapy

Behavioral

Problem Solving Therapy (PST) will be administered by a trained provider. The concepts of PST will be taught to the participant in the first session and reinforced across subsequent sessions. Sessions will last between 30 and 60 minutes each and continue weekly for the duration of the study (6 months).

Sertraline, citalopram, or bupropion

Drug

Antidepressants should be started at the lowest dose, but should be adjusted upward to be within the therapeutic range within 1 week,with further adjustment higher in the therapeutic range possible at 3-4 weeks. Dosage of the first medication selected will be in the therapeutic range by 3 weeks of the initial step, as tolerated. If a patient cannot tolerate a particular treatment (i.e., intolerable side effects even with careful titration and clinical management), a switch to an alternative antidepressant or PST-PC after 2-4 weeks and 'restart' step 1.

Sertraline: 25-150qam Citalopram: 10-40qam Bupropion: 100-450qam

Standard care

Other

Participants will receive standard of care from the current physicians

Primary outcomes

  1. Depressive Symptom Reduction

    Time frame: Change from depression at baseline to depression at 6-months

    Symptoms of depression were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). This 21-question, multiple choice self-report instrument includes items pertaining to symptoms of depression, including hopelessness and irritability, physical symptoms such as fatigue, and thoughts such as guilt. Each item has at a set of four possible responses, ranging in intensity for least intense to most intense. The total score is calculated by adding the responses to each item. Higher scores indicate more severe depressive symptoms. The total score on the scale ranges from 0 to 63. Total scores on the scale of less 10 indicate minimal depression; total scores between 10 and 15 indicate mild depression; and total scores greater than 16 indicate a probable clinical diagnosis of depression.

  2. Cost for Healthcare Utilization (Psychiatric Medications, Hospitalizations, Cardiac Procedures, Outpatient Services)

    Time frame: 6 months after randomization

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Columbia University

Other

Collaborators

  • Emory University
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Washington University School of Medicine
  • Yale University

Registry information

Official study title

Comparison of Depression Interventions After Acute Coronary Syndrome (CODIACS)

Acronym: CODIACS

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2012
First posted
Dec 15, 2009
Registry last updated
Sep 13, 2017

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