The Effects of Lumateperone on Obesity and Physiologic Aging and Their Association With Antidepressant Response in Bipolar Depression

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 4
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorMassachusetts General Hospital

About this trial

This research study examines how a medication called lumateperone may affect mood symptoms, and inflammation in adults with bipolar disorder over approximately 6 weeks. An MRI scan to calculate biological age of the brain will also be obtained at the start of the study.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Aged 18 to 65 years.

Meets DSM-V criteria for Bipolar I Disorder -Depressed without psychosis as confirmed by a semi-structured clinical interview that includes the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview.

Current episode at least 4 weeks in duration but not longer than 12 months.

Depression score > 20 on the Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS).

Disqualifiers

Meets DSM-V criteria for Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective disorder, or has significant mood-incongruent psychotic symptoms.

Young Mania Rating Scale score >12.

Meets DSM-V criteria for rapid cycling.

Co-Morbid psychiatric illness, other than generalized anxiety and specific phobias, that in the opinion of the investigator is severe enough that it would likely interfere with the interpretation of changes in the subject's mood state.

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Lumateperone 42 mg

    Drug

    Lumateperone 42 mg orally daily

Treatment groups

25 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Lumateperone treatmentExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

MADRS

Montgomery Asperg Depression Rating Scale

Time frame
6 week
2

Inflammatory Markers

Tissue Necrosis factor alpha, C-reactive protein, Interleukins 1 beta, 6, 18

Time frame
6 weeks

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Massachusetts General Hospital

Lead sponsor

Johnson & Johnson K.K. Medical Company

Collaborator