Effectiveness and Safety of Electro-acupuncture for Mild-to-moderate Perimenopausal Depression (NCT02423694) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Effectiveness and Safety of Electro-acupuncture for Mild-to-moderate Perimenopausal Depression
China252 participantsStarted 2013-09
Plain-language summary
Main objective: to compare the effects of electro-acupuncture and escitalopram oxalate tablets on mild-to-moderate perimenopausal depression, and to evaluate the safety of electroacupuncture stimulation.
Who can participate
Age range45 Years – 55 Years
SexFEMALE
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Conforms to the diagnosis standard of STRAW-10 for perimenopause, conforms to the diagnosis standard of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) for depression, and conforms to the diagnosis standard of The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) F32.0(mild depression) or F32.1(moderate depression);
* Fisrt attack during perimenopausal period;
* HAMD-17 score \>7 and \<23;
* Age ≥45 to ≤55;
* No hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or no antidepressant 3 months before into the group;
* Sign the consent consent, volunteered for this study
Exclusion Criteria:
* Fail to rule out the possibility of suicide in depression factor of The Symptom Checklist (SCL-90);
* Application of estrogen, progesterone, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), soybean isoflavone, vitamin E or black cohosh in recent 4 weeks;
* Allergic to citalopram or escitalopram tablets;
* Taken the non selective, irreversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase (MAOIs) in recent 2 weeks;
* Taken linezolid, pimozide, tryptophane,tramadol, triptans or other drugs that may cause drug adverse reactions in recent 2 weeks;
* Patient with prolongation of the QT interval or congenital long QT syndrome
* Taken herbs or products that contain isatin, pilose antler, hawthorn, fleeceflower root, common St.John's wort herb, hypericin;
* Ovarian dropsy or hysteromyoma with more than 4cm diameter, oop…
What they're measuring
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Change from Baseline in scores of the 17-item Hamilton depression rating scale (HAMD-17)