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DepressionNCT06496087

Evaluation of DEPREXIL in Patients With Clinical Depression Through Psychological and Neuroendocrine Assessment

A study testing DEPREXIL in people with Depression and Post-COVID-19 Syndrome, run by Catalysis SL at 1 site in Colombia.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Clinical depression is a mood disorder that affects people of all ages with symptoms such as sadness, anger or frustration, appetite changes, difficulty concentrating and suicidal thoughts. Psychological and pharmacological treatments are available to treat it, such as cognitive behavioral therapy and antidepressants. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
DEPREXIL
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
100 participants
Where
1 siteColombia
Study dates
1 Nov 2022to 15 Apr 2024
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients with clinical depression diagnosed primary or secondary to concomitant illness or post COVID-19.

Who cannot join

  • Patients with psychological disorders in addition to depression, such as anxiety, attention deficit, hyperactivity disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder other than that caused by COVID-19, bipolar disorder or other mental disorders secondary to depression.
  • Patients with severe depression requiring antidepressant medication.
  • Patients who ingest psychoactive substances.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Colombia1 site
  • Fundación CR INVESTIGATION INSTITUTE

    Bogotá, Bogotá DC, 110131

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About this study

Official title: Evaluation of DEPREXIL Treatment in Patients With Clinical Depression Through Psychological and Neuroendocrine Assessment

Clinical depression is a mood disorder that affects people of all ages with symptoms such as sadness, anger or frustration, appetite changes, difficulty concentrating and suicidal thoughts. Psychological and pharmacological treatments are available to treat it, such as cognitive behavioral therapy and antidepressants. Deprexil® from Catalysis is a food supplement that regulates neuronal metabolism and calcium homeostasis, which may help in cases of mild to moderate depression. It is proposed to conduct a study in patients with primary, secondary or post-COVID-19 depression to evaluate the effects of this supplement on psychological and neuroendocrine changes.

Read the detailed description

Clinical depression is a mood disorder where feelings of sadness, anger or frustration interfere with daily life for a prolonged period of time. It can affect people of all ages, presenting symptoms such as irritable or low mood, difficulty falling asleep or oversleeping, change in appetite, fatigue, feelings of worthlessness, hatred and guilt, difficulty concentrating, and suicidal thoughts; however, in children these symptoms can vary, especially focusing on behavior, sleep, and school performance. Various treatments are available, ranging from psychological treatments, such as cognitive behavioral therapy or psychotherapy, to antidepressant medications, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, depending on the severity of the depression.

Deprexil® by Catalysis is a food supplement to treat mild and moderate depressive states. The molecular action process to which its active ingredients are subjected regulates neuronal metabolism as well as calcium homeostasis. A large number of diseases with an imbalance in calcium homeostasis have depressive effects on the Central Nervous System (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS), and therefore, it is capable of regulating neuronal metabolism by stabilizing the neuronal membrane and favoring its oxygenation. Therefore, to evaluate the effects of Deprexil®, the investigators propose to conduct a study in patients diagnosed with primary depression or secondary to concomitant pathologies or post-COVID-19, treated with this dietary supplement, assessing psychological and neuroendocrine changes.

Each patient will undergo an initial evaluation by means of a psychological consultation, which will be carried out again 3 and 6 months after the beginning of the treatment. Likewise, the levels of hormones and neuropeptides such as GABA, Dopamine, Serotonin, Noradrenalin, Melatonin, Glutamate, Cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone will be analyzed at the beginning and at the end of the treatment, which will consist in the intake of Deprexil® of Catalysis, in doses of three capsules daily during 6 months. Based on this, the correspondence with neuroendocrine alterations found in the patients will be evaluated according to the results of the psychological evaluation, seeking to evaluate the changes on the patient's symptomatology at clinical and paraclinical level, giving as results the analysis on the changes caused at neuroendocrine level secondary to COVID-19, to a concomitant pathology or to a primary depressive pathology.

Being tested
DEPREXIL
Keywords
Depression, Antioxidant, Supportive Care, Post-COVID-19 Syndrome, Ginkgo Biloba
Medical subject headings
Depression, Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • DEPREXILDietary supplement

    The trial group will be administered 1 capsule of DEPREXIL orally every 8 hours for 6 months of treatment.

Study groups in NCT06496087
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Deprexil GroupExperimentalThe trial group will be administered 1 capsule of DEPREXIL orally every 8 hours for 6 months of treatment.
Receives: Dietary Supplement: DEPREXIL

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. To evaluate the psychological state of depressive patients treated with Deprexil® by patient questionnaire test

    To evaluate the psychological state of depressive patients treated with Deprexil® by Zung test of patients with a depressive state assessment tool using a Google Forms questionnaire, automatically tabulating the answers for analysis. Evaluation before, after 3 months and 6 months of treatment with Deprexil.

    Each item of the Zung scale can provide a score between 1 and 4; the range of values is therefore 20-80 points.

    1. Less than 28 points = No depression.
    2. between 28 and 41 points = Mild depression.
    3. between 42 and 53 points = Moderate depression.
    4. 53 or more points = Severe depression.

    Measured: 6 months

  2. To evaluate the psychological state of depressive patients treated with Deprexil® by hormonal levels

    To evaluate the psychological state of depressive patients treated with Deprexil®. To evaluate the concentration of hormones by means of NeuroSpot Kit in depressive patients before and after 6 months of treatment with Deprexil®. Kit will measure Serotonin, Creatinine, Dopamine, Noradrenaline, Adrenaline.

    Urine sample:

    • Second morning urine: The next urine over the course of the morning after getting up and after the first morning urine (Going to the toilet during the night does not count in this content)

    Saliva samples:

    • 1st Sample 0,5 hours after getting up
    • 2nd Sample at 12:00 noon
    • 3rd Sample at 8:00 PM

    Serotonin(55-129 ug/g creatinine) Dopamine (125-250 ug/g creatinine) Noradrenaline (25-55 ug/g creatinine) Adrenaline (3.0-7.0 ug/g creatinine)

    Measured: 6 months

  3. To evaluate the psychological state of depressive patients treated with Deprexil® by hormonal levels

    To evaluate the psychological state of depressive patients treated with Deprexil®. To evaluate the concentration of hormones by means of NeuroSpot Kit in depressive patients before and after 6 months of treatment with Deprexil®. Kit will measure Cortisol (morning, noon, evening).

    Urine sample:

    • Second morning urine: The next urine over the course of the morning after getting up and after the first morning urine (Going to the toilet during the night does not count in this content)

    Saliva samples:

    • 1st Sample 0,5 hours after getting up
    • 2nd Sample at 12:00 noon
    • 3rd Sample at 8:00 PM

    Cortisol (4.0-12; 1.5-5 ng/ml)

    Measured: 6 months

  4. To evaluate the psychological state of depressive patients treated with Deprexil® by hormonal levels

    To evaluate the psychological state of depressive patients treated with Deprexil®. To evaluate the concentration of hormones by means of NeuroSpot Kit in depressive patients before and after 6 months of treatment with Deprexil®. Kit will measure DHEA (morning, evening).

    Urine sample:

    • Second morning urine: The next urine over the course of the morning after getting up and after the first morning urine (Going to the toilet during the night does not count in this content)

    Saliva samples:

    • 1st Sample 0,5 hours after getting up
    • 2nd Sample at 12:00 noon
    • 3rd Sample at 8:00 PM

    DHEA (104-578; 45-251 pg/ml)

    Measured: 6 months

  5. To evaluate the psychological state of depressive patients treated with Deprexil® by neuropeptides

    To evaluate the psychological state of depressive patients treated with Deprexil®. To evaluate the concentration of neuropeptides by means of NeuroSpot Kit in depressive patients before and after 6 months of treatment with Deprexil®. Kit will measure GABA and Glutamate levels.

    Urine sample:

    • Second morning urine: The next urine over the course of the morning after getting up and after the first morning urine (Going to the toilet during the night does not count in this content).

    Saliva samples:

    • 1st Sample 0,5 hours after getting up
    • 2nd Sample at 12:00 noon
    • 3rd Sample at 8:00 PM

    GABA (2.25-12.8 umol/ g creatinine) Glutamate (8.0-30 umol/ g creatinine)

    Measured: 6 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted11 Jul 2024
  2. Study start1 Nov 2022
  3. Primary completion15 Dec 2023
  4. Study completion15 Apr 2024

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
100 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06496087
Sponsor's protocol ID
DEPREXIL_DEPRESSION_CO_2022
Status last verified
Jun 2024
First submitted
5 Jun 2024
Last updated
11 Jul 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes

Publications

  • Mazza MG, De Lorenzo R, Conte C, Poletti S, Vai B, Bollettini I, Melloni EMT, Furlan R, Ciceri F, Rovere-Querini P; COVID-19 BioB Outpatient Clinic Study group; Benedetti F. Anxiety and depression in COVID-19 survivors: Role of inflammatory and clinical predictors. Brain Behav Immun. 2020 Oct;89:594-600. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.07.037. Epub 2020 Jul 30.

    PubMed 32738287
  • Perez-Cano HJ, Moreno-Murguia MB, Morales-Lopez O, Crow-Buchanan O, English JA, Lozano-Alcazar J, Somilleda-Ventura SA. Anxiety, depression, and stress in response to the coronavirus disease-19 pandemic. Cir Cir. 2020;88(5):562-568. doi: 10.24875/CIRU.20000561.

    PubMed 33064695
  • Li Y, Scherer N, Felix L, Kuper H. Prevalence of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder in health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2021 Mar 10;16(3):e0246454. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246454. eCollection 2021.

    PubMed 33690641
  • Mazza MG, Palladini M, Poletti S, Benedetti F. Post-COVID-19 Depressive Symptoms: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Pharmacological Treatment. CNS Drugs. 2022 Jul;36(7):681-702. doi: 10.1007/s40263-022-00931-3. Epub 2022 Jun 21.

    PubMed 35727534

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing DEPREXIL in people with Depression and Post-COVID-19 Syndrome, run by Catalysis SL at 1 site in Colombia.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Jul 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Colombia. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

To evaluate the psychological state of depressive patients treated with Deprexil® by patient questionnaire test (time frame: 6 months). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06496087, which also lists 4 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Jul 2024.

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