Medibio Depression Monitoring Study



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Depression, Depression, Healthy Studies, Psychiatric
Therapuetic Areas:Psychiatry / Psychology, Other
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 75
Updated:5/30/2018
Start Date:March 13, 2018
End Date:December 31, 2019
Contact:Francoise Mercadier-Crevel, Pharm.D.
Email:francoise.mercadier.crevel@medibio.com.au
Phone:+19222220551

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Chronobiology and Depression: Circadian Analytics as a Biomarker for Diagnosis and Longitudinal Monitoring of Depressive Subtypes

An objective measure of treatment response could be a valuable new tool in the armamentarium
of depression management, and this holds true for stimulation-based and pharmacological
therapies alike. Hence, the Medibio Depression Monitoring Study will use the Medibio
analytics platform to characterize autonomic, circadian, and sleep patterns before and during
the initial 8 weeks of pharmacologic therapy for moderate-to-severe depression. The study
will also explore any differences in these measures between treatment responders and
non-responders, and between depression subtypes, including bipolar and unipolar depression.
The study will also characterize longitudinal, ambulatory EEG measures throughout the
observation period.

This longitudinal, two-phase, three-arm, exploratory, observational study will use the
Medibio analytics platform—with heart rate, activity, postural, and EEG data inputs—to
characterize autonomic, circadian, and sleep patterns in unipolar depressed and bipolar
depressed patients, which will include those with atypical and melancholic subtypes,
undergoing the initial phase of standard pharmacological treatment, as well as in a
non-depressed control group.

Phase I will serve as a non-blinded, discovery phase for Medibio algorithm development.

Phase II is optional, based upon sponsor/investigator assessment of results from Phase I.
Phase II procedures will be identical to those in Phase I, with the exception that the
Medibio algorithm will be blinded to clinical classification and status.

The study cohorts will comprise: a) individuals initiating standard pharmacologic therapy
with SSRIs for moderate-to- severe unipolar depression (will include subjects with
melancholic and atypical subtypes), b) individuals initiating standard pharmacologic therapy
with lamotrigine, lithium, or valproate for moderate or severe bipolar I or II depression
(will also include subjects with melancholic and atypical subtypes), and c) non-depressed
individuals who have been matched at the group level for age and gender (control subjects).
Before the commencement of pharmacologic therapy (Baseline, t=0), at t=4 weeks, and at t=8
weeks, heart rate, activity, postural data will be collected using the Zephyr BioPatch
(Medtronic, Inc.) and ambulatory EEG data will be collected using the ZMachine Insight
(General Sleep Corp). Recordings at each time point will consist of three 24-hour Zephyr
recordings and three overnight ZMachine recordings.

Clinical assessments will also be captured at the same time points, comprising both
clinician-administered instruments [Clinical Global Impression (CGI), Hamilton Depression
Rating Scale-17 (HAMD-17), and Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS)] and subject self-rated
instruments [Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Quick Inventory of Depressive
Symptomatology-Self Report (QIDS SR16)]. Zephyr and ZMachine data will be filtered based on
quality (duration and completeness) and may be 'de-noised,' then will be processed by the
Medibio platform to generate autonomic, circadian, and sleep metrics for use in the
statistical analysis of study results.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Subject is willing and able to provide consent.

- Subject has ability to read and understand the instructions for the study.

- Subject is willing to adhere to study procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subject has presence of mild, moderate, or severe Major Depressive Disorder Episode,
based on DSM-IV criteria for diagnosis as documented by clinician administered M.I.N.I
OR HAMD-17 rating scale score >7.

2. Subject has bipolar disorder.

3. Subject has active psychotic symptoms.

4. Subject has known or is suspected to have a personality disorder.

5. Subject has current suicidality of medium or high risk as determined by M.I.N.I. or
HAMD-17 item #3 score of 3 of higher.

6. Subject has history of central or obstructive sleep apnea OR has a STOP-BANG score of
≥5 OR has a Home Sleep Test assessment (ApneaLink, ResMed) demonstrating AHI≥15.

7. Subject has a pacemaker.

8. Subject currently uses benzodiazepines, sedative-hypnotics, or trazadone on a
scheduled basis OR will be likely be prescribed such medication during the 8-week
observational phase of the study.

9. Subject currently uses antipsychotic medication for any indication OR will be likely
be prescribed such medication during the 8-week observational phase of the study.

10. Subject currently uses chronotropic medication, such as beta-blockers, digoxin,
sinoatrial/atrioventricular nodal-acting calcium channel blockers, and amiodarone.

11. Subject is suspected or known to have active alcohol or drug abuse (including but not
limited to abuse of marijuana).

12. Subject has a terminal illness.

13. For female subjects, subject is currently known to be pregnant or lactating.

14. Subject has any other acute or chronic condition that in the investigators opinion
would preclude the subject from being able to meet all of the protocol requirements,
or would compromise the subject's safety during participation in the study, as judged
by the investigator.

15. Subject is currently participating in another clinical study, or participated in a
clinical study in the past 30 days during which an investigational device or drug was
used.
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