Big data aims to match depression patients with best meds
NCT ID NCT05267873
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at nearly 10,000 patients to see if combining information from clinical trials and electronic health records can help predict which depression medication works best for each person. Researchers analyzed data from people prescribed duloxetine or vortioxetine. The goal was to improve personalized mental health care, not to test a new treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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9,586 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2015
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients who received Duloxetine or Vortioxetine
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Duke University Health System Electronic Health Record (EHR) System and Johns Hopkins Health System EHR System Inclusion criteria: * All patients prescribed any Duloxetine or Vortioxetine in the health systems between 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2021. * AND from patients with at least 1-year historical EHR data (burn-in period) without prescribing any of the two medications. During the burn-in period, patients should have at least one encounter in the system, and with no encounters during that time frame when they were prescribed Duloxetine or Vortioxetine. * AND patients age 18-65 years old at baseline. Exclusion criteria: \- Patients prescribed both Duloxetine and Vortioxetine at baseline would be removed. 4 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) Inclusion criteria: * Male or female * Age 18 years or older * Major depressive episode according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) classification code 296.3x * Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) total score ≥ 26 * Clinical Global Impression - Severity (CGI-S) scale score ≥ 4
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States
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