Lithium Versus Quetiapine in Treatment Resistant Depression

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

276 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-11-30

Study Completion Date

2021-08-31

Brief Summary

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LQD is a multicentre randomised clinical trial comparing the clinical and cost effectiveness of lithium versus quetiapine when used as add-on therapies to antidepressant medication for patients with treatment resistant depression. The Lithium versus Quetiapine in Depression (LQD) study will assess patients over 12 months to establish which (if any) treatment is more likely to improve TRD over a long duration of time. Professor Anthony Cleare is the Chief Investigator and recruitment began in November 2016.

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Detailed Description

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This 12 month parallel group, multi-centre, patient randomised, pragmatic, open label trial is comparing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the decision to prescribe lithium versus quetiapine add-on treatment to antidepressant medication. There will be two parallel groups: 1) Quetiapine add-on to existing antidepressant medication; 2) Lithium add-on to existing antidepressant medication. 276 patients will be randomised 1:1 at baseline to the decision to prescribe either lithium or quetiapine, and treatment will then be undertaken by clinicians on a real world basis. All patients, regardless of their treatment status, will be followed up in the trial for one year. This is a superiority design whereby we hypothesise that quetiapine will be superior to lithium in terms of time to treatment discontinuation and average symptom burden (QIDS-SR) over 12 months.

Conditions

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Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Lithium

Lithium will be prescribed to patients in this arm as an augmenter on top of a patient's existing antidepressant treatment.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Lithium

Intervention Type DRUG

Lithium prescribed in addition to the patient's existing antidepressant treatment.

Quetiapine

Quetiapine will be prescribed to patients in this arm as an augmenter on top of a patient's existing antidepressant treatment.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Quetiapine

Intervention Type DRUG

Quetipatine prescribed in addition to the patient's existing antidepressant treatment.

Interventions

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Quetiapine

Quetipatine prescribed in addition to the patient's existing antidepressant treatment.

Intervention Type DRUG

Lithium

Lithium prescribed in addition to the patient's existing antidepressant treatment.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Under the care of a GP and/or adult mental health services
2. Current episode of depression meeting DSM-5 criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD) - single or recurrent episode 3.17-item HAM-D score ≥ 14 - this cut-off reflects a pragmatic minimum severity of depression as also chosen in comparable studies such as STAR\*D (Rush et al 2006, Trivedi et al 2006)

4.Any gender and aged 18 years or over 5.Meet criteria for treatment resistant depression (Fekadu et al., 2009a; Cleare et al., 2015): current episode has not responded to at least two antidepressants given for at least 6 weeks at minimum therapeutic dose defined as fluoxetine ≥20mg/day, paroxetine ≥20mg/day, sertraline ≥50mg/day, citalopram ≥20mg/day, escitalopram ≥10mg/day, venlafaxine ≥75mg/day, duloxetine ≥60 mg/day, mirtazapine ≥15mg/day, tricyclic antidepressant ≥125mg/day, and dosage as guided by the national Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines or BNF for any other antidepressant. Please note, relapse whilst on an antidepressant also counts as a failed treatment trial 6.Current antidepressant treatment has remained unchanged and at, or above, a therapeutic dose for ≥6 weeks 7.Provision of written, informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosis of bipolar disorder (defined as meeting DSM-5 criteria for bipolar 1 or bipolar 2) on the MINI 7.0 (as recommended treatments are different for bipolar depression)
2. Diagnosis of current psychosis (as recommended treatments are different for current psychosis - antidepressants plus antipsychotics is the first-line treatment recommendation (NiCE, 2009; Cleare et al., 2015)
3. Adequate use of lithium or quetiapine during the current episode. An adequate dose of lithium is defined as the patient taking lithium for at least 4 weeks at an adequate dose (leading to a documented plasma concentration of \>0.4mmol/L) and for quetiapine, prescription in the range of 150-300mg/d for 4 weeks or longer. Or, if the patient has taken an inadequate dose of lithium or quetiapine in the current episode, the patient and clinician are not willing to re-prescribe/take the medication.
4. Ongoing use of another atypical antipsychotic (discontinuation will be required before study entry i.e. any time prior to randomisation)
5. Known contraindication to use of either lithium or quetiapine: known hypersensitivity of lithium or quetiapine or any of their excipients; severe renal insufficiency / impairment; untreated hypothyroidism; severe cardiac disease / insufficiency; low sodium levels e.g. dehydrated patients or those on low sodium diets; Addison's disease; Brugada syndrome or family history of Brugada syndrome; the rare hereditary inborn errors of metabolism galactosaemia, the Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption; concomitant administration of cytochrome P450 3A4 inhibitors; or congenital QT prolongation.
6. We will not recruit any individual who is currently participating in a clinical trial of an investigational medical product (CTIMP).
7. Insufficient degree of comprehension or attention to be able to engage in trial procedures.
8. We will exclude women who are pregnant, actively trying for pregnancy, or currently breastfeeding. This will be based on verbal report of the subject. Otherwise the management will be as appropriate according to standard clinical practice within the context of a pragmatic, open trial, for example adequate contraceptive precautions decided on the clinical judgement of the prescriber.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No