New hope for the joyless: experimental pill targets core symptom of depression

NCT ID NCT05455684

Summary

This study tested whether adding a new daily pill called aticaprant to a person's current antidepressant could better treat major depression, specifically for people who experience a severe lack of pleasure (anhedonia). Over 500 adults who weren't getting enough benefit from their standard antidepressant participated. They were randomly assigned to receive either aticaprant or a placebo pill for 43 days to see which group improved more.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • A Plus Research

    Miami, Florida, 33144, United States

  • A Shine S R O

    Pilsen, 301 00, Czechia

  • AD71 s.r.o.

    Prague, 109 00, Czechia

  • ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco

    Milan, 20157, Italy

  • AUSL LE di Lecce

    Lecce, 73100, Italy

  • ActivMed Practices and Research

    Methuen, Massachusetts, 01844, United States

  • Advanced Research Center Inc

    Anaheim, California, 92805, United States

  • Albert Road Clinic

    Melbourne, 3004, Australia

  • Alpine Research Organization

    Clinton, Utah, 84015, United States

  • Ambulatory Group practice for specialized help in psychiary Philipopolis ODD

    Plovdiv, 4002, Bulgaria

  • Ambulatory for Individual Practice for Specialized Medical Care in Psychiatry Dr. Ivo Natsov ET

    Cherven Bryag, 5980, Bulgaria

  • Amedica Research Institute Inc

    Hialeah, Florida, 33013, United States

  • Anima

    Alken, 3570, Belgium

  • Asclepes Research

    Long Beach, California, 90807, United States

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese Policlinico Santa Maria alle Scotte

    Siena, 53100, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Mater Domini

    Catanzaro, 88100, Italy

  • Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII (Presidio Papa Giovanni XXIII)

    Bergamo, 24127, Italy

  • BR Trials

    São Paulo, 05003 020, Brazil

  • Bay Area Clinical Services

    Friendswood, Texas, 77546, United States

  • Behavioral Research Specialists LLC

    Glendale, California, 91206, United States

  • Bioscience Research LLC

    Mount Kisco, New York, 10549, United States

  • Bugat Pal Korhaz

    Gyöngyös, 3200, Hungary

  • C.H.U. Brugmann

    Brussels, 1020, Belgium

  • CEMEC - Centro Multidisciplinar de Estudos Clínicos

    São Bernardo do Campo, 09715-090, Brazil

  • CENPIA

    La Plata, 1902, Argentina

  • CENydET - Centro Neurobiologico y de Stress Traumatico

    Ciudad Autonoma Buenos Aires, 1058 AAJ, Argentina

  • CIPREC

    Buenos Aires, C1061AAS, Argentina

  • CPQuali Pesquisa Clinica LTDA ME

    São Paulo, 01228-900, Brazil

  • Centrum Badan Klinicznych PI House sp z o o

    Gdansk, 80 546, Poland

  • Charak Center for Health and Wellness

    Garfield Heights, Ohio, 44125, United States

  • Chicago Research Center

    Chicago, Illinois, 60634, United States

  • Clinical Trial Network - Houston

    Houston, Texas, 77074, United States

  • Clinical Trials of America

    Monroe, Louisiana, 71203, United States

  • Clintrial s r o

    Prague, 100 00, Czechia

  • Convenient Medical Center

    Hialeah, Florida, 33013, United States

  • Corporacio Sanitari Parc Tauli

    Sabadell, 08208, Spain

  • Dr Mathe es Tarsa Bt

    Kalocsa, 6300, Hungary

  • Excell Research Inc

    Oceanside, California, 92056, United States

  • Fieve Clinical Research Inc

    New York, New York, 10168, United States

  • Finger Lakes Clinical Research

    Rochester, New York, 14618, United States

  • Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

    Milan, 20122, Italy

  • Fund. Champalimaud

    Lisbon, 1400 038, Portugal

  • Fundacao Faculdade Regional de Medicina de Sao Jose do Rio Preto Hospital de Base

    São José do Rio Preto, 15090-000, Brazil

  • Fundacion Lennox

    Córdoba, 5000, Argentina

  • Gabinet Lekarski Psychiatryczny Ireneusz Kaczorowski

    Bełchatów, 97-400, Poland

  • Galiz Research

    Hialeah, Florida, 33016, United States

  • Gulfcoast Medical Research Center

    Fort Myers, Florida, 33912, United States

  • Hosp Clinic de Barcelona

    Barcelona, 08036, Spain

  • Hosp Regional Univ de Malaga

    Málaga, 29011, Spain

  • Hosp Univ Vall D Hebron

    Barcelona, 08035, Spain

  • Hosp. Alvaro Cunqueiro

    Vigo, 36312, Spain

  • Hosp. El Bierzo

    Ponferrada, 24404, Spain

  • Hosp. Psiquiatrico Alava

    Vitoria-Gasteiz, 01006, Spain

  • Hosp. Univ. La Paz

    Madrid, 28046, Spain

  • Hosp. Univ. Son Espases

    Palma de Mallorca, 07120, Spain

  • Hospital CUF Inf. Santo

    Lisbon, 1350 179, Portugal

  • Hospital Italiano

    Buenos Aires, 1199, Argentina

  • Hospital de Braga

    Braga, 4710-243, Portugal

  • Innovative Research of West Florida, Incorporated

    Clearwater, Florida, 33756, United States

  • Institucion Hosp Hestia Palau

    Barcelona, 08025, Spain

  • Instituto Goiano de Neuropsiquiatria

    Goiânia, 74093 040, Brazil

  • Instituto Medico de La Fundacion Estudios Clinicos

    Rosario, S2000DEJ, Argentina

  • Medical Center Mentalcare OOD

    Plovdiv, 4004, Bulgaria

  • Medical Center St. Naum

    Sofia, 1113, Bulgaria

  • Medical Research Group of Central Florida

    Orange City, Florida, 32763, United States

  • Mental Health Center - Rousse

    Rousse, 7003, Bulgaria

  • Mental Health Center - Veliko Tarnovo EOOD

    Veliko Tarnovo, 5000, Bulgaria

  • Meridian International Research

    Miami Gardens, Florida, 33014, United States

  • Midwest Clinical Research Center

    Dayton, Ohio, 45417, United States

  • Mlynowamed Specjalistyczny Psychiatryczny Gabinet Lekarski Joanna Lazarczyk

    Bialystok, 15-404, Poland

  • Montefiore Medical Center PRIME

    The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States

  • NPCRS Nucleo de Pesquisa Clinica do Rio Grande do Sul

    Porto Alegre, 90430001, Brazil

  • Narodni ustav dusevniho zdravi

    Klecany, 25067, Czechia

  • NeuropsychiatrieHK, s.r.o.

    Prague, 160 00, Czechia

  • New Life Medical Research Center, Inc.

    Hialeah, Florida, 33012, United States

  • North Texas Clinical Trials

    Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States

  • Northwest Clinical Research Center

    Bellevue, Washington, 98007, United States

  • Nyiro Gyula Korhaz

    Budapest, 1135, Hungary

  • Obudai Egeszsegugyi Centrum Kft

    Budapest, 1036, Hungary

  • Ospedale San Raffaele

    Milan, Italy

  • Osrodek Badan Klinicznych CROMED

    Poznan, 61-360, Poland

  • Patient Priority Clinical Sites LLC

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45215, United States

  • Peninsula Therapeutic & Research Group

    Frankston, 3199, Australia

  • Pharmax Research Clinic Inc

    Miami, Florida, 33126, United States

  • Praglandia s r o

    Prague, 15000, Czechia

  • ProbarE i Lund AB

    Lund, 22222, Sweden

  • ProbarE i Stockholm AB

    Stockholm, 113 29, Sweden

  • Proscience Research Group

    Culver City, California, 90230, United States

  • Psychiatric Care and Research Center (PCRC)

    O'Fallon, Missouri, 63368, United States

  • Psychiatricka ordinace

    Ústí nad Labem, 400 01, Czechia

  • PsychoTech Kft

    Pécs, 7633, Hungary

  • Pz Duffel

    Duffel, 2570, Belgium

  • Research Network America

    Berwyn, Illinois, 60402, United States

  • Resolution

    Mendoza, M5502AHV, Argentina

  • Ruschel Medicina e Pesquisa Clínica Ltda

    Rio de Janeiro, 22270 060, Brazil

  • SPZOZ Uniwersytecki Szpi.Klin. nr 4 UM w Lodzi

    Lodz, 92-215, Poland

  • STAT Research S A

    Buenos Aires, C1013AAB, Argentina

  • SW Biomedical Research LLC

    Tucson, Arizona, 85712, United States

  • Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset

    Gothenburg, 416 85, Sweden

  • Semmelweis Egyetem

    Budapest, 1083, Hungary

  • Specjalistyczna Indywidualna Praktyka Lekarska

    Lodz, 90-009, Poland

  • Specjalistyczny Gabinet Psychiatryczny Kowalkowski Gerard

    Torun, 87 100, Poland

  • Studieenheten Akademiskt Specialistcentrum Stockholm

    Stockholm, 113 61, Sweden

  • Suburban Research Associates

    Media, Pennsylvania, 19063, United States

  • Syrentis Clinical Research

    Santa Ana, California, 92705, United States

  • The Alfred Hospital

    Melbourne, 3004, Australia

  • Tolna Megyei Balassa Janos Korhaz

    Szekszárd, 7100, Hungary

  • USF, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences

    Tampa, Florida, 33613, United States

  • Universidade Federal do Ceara Hospital Universitario Walter Cantidio

    Fortaleza, 60430-370, Brazil

  • University of Arizona

    Tucson, Arizona, 85713, United States

  • University of Cincinnati Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States

  • University of Connecticut Health Center

    Farmington, Connecticut, 06030, United States

  • University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute

    Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States

  • University of Miami

    Miami Lakes, Florida, 33016, United States

  • University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903, United States

  • Vertex Research Group, Inc

    Clermont, Florida, 34711, United States

  • Viking Clinical Research Ltd

    Temecula, California, 92591, United States

  • Vitaz

    Sint-Niklaas, 9100, Belgium

  • West Houston Clinical Research Service

    Bellaire, Texas, 77401, United States

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