Matching depression treatment to your symptoms: a smarter approach?
NCT ID NCT06580041
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether choosing depression treatments based on a person's specific symptoms (like anhedonia or anxious distress) works better than the usual trial-and-error method. 150 adults with major depressive disorder will receive either standard care or a treatment matched to their symptom profile, including medications like pramipexole or behavioral therapies. The goal is to see if personalized treatment leads to greater improvement in depressive symptoms.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- pramipexole, methylphenidate, phenelzine, mindfulness-based stress sensitivity therapy, complicated grief treatment
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that choosing treatments based on a person's specific depression symptoms leads to better outcomes than standard trial-and-error approaches.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-phase study (150 people) at a single site, so results may not apply to everyone. The approach may not prove superior to usual care, and some medications have side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Participant is able to provide informed consent * English speaker * 18 years of age or older at time of consent * Meets DSM-5 criteria for Major Depressive Disorder * The subject meets eligibility criteria for at least one study phenotype as determined by assessments, imaging and/or clinical judgment. * PHQ-8 score at baseline of \>= 10 * Scheduled for or completed intake in UCSF outpatient psychiatry Exclusion Criteria: * Unstable or untreated medical or psychiatric condition based on clinical assessment by investigator(s) * Significant risk of suicidal or violent behavior as determined by clinical judgement * In the Investigators' opinion, the subject is not capable of adhering to the protocol requirements, or the subject has a history of poor or suspected poor compliance in clinical research studies, or the subject has a history of poor or suspected poor compliance to antidepressant medication or that study participation is not in their best interest (e.g., different treatment is indicated given their clinical presentation) * Pregnant or breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant during the study
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building, University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
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