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NCT03674138Completed

Pharmacogenomic-Guided Antidepressant Drug Prescribing in Cancer Patients

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 Feb 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a prospective, randomized clinical trial to investigate the clinical impact of a preemptive pharmacogenomics strategy to guide antidepressant therapy in cancer patients. Those enrolled onto the clinical trial will be randomized to either DNA-guided choice of therapy or clinical management alone. Scores on self-reported measures of depressive and anxiety symptoms along with quality of life will be compared between cohorts.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
99 (actual)
First submitted
12 Sept 2018
Start date
12 Sept 2018
Primary completion date
3 Sept 2021
Lead sponsor
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Diseases
Depression
NCT number
NCT03674138

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 99
  • From 12 Sept 2018 to the primary completion date, 3 Sept 2021
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other illness

  • Patients not diagnosed with cancer
  • History of liver or allogenic stem cell transplant
  • Patients with a known cognitive impairment (e.g., delirium, dementia, etc.) or psychological impairment (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disease, etc.) other than depressive and anxiety symptoms.

Other

  • Antidepressant prescribing performed by a non-Moffitt psychiatrist after enrollment onto the clinical trial
  • Known Pregnancy

Who the study is looking for

  • Patients with a cancer diagnosis
  • Be 18 years of age or older
  • Patients who rate depression or anxiety \> 5 based on a 10 point scale
  • Patients expected to live greater than 6 months
  • Serum bilirubin and creatinine \< 1.5x upper limit of normal
  • AST and ALT \< 3 times upper limit of normal
  • Willing and able to provide written informed consent
  • Able to complete self-assessment questionnaires

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
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TampaUnited StatesUnknown status

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