Pharmacogenomic-Guided Antidepressant Drug Prescribing in Cancer Patients



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Anxiety, Cancer, Cancer, Depression, Depression, Major Depression Disorder (MDD), Psychiatric
Therapuetic Areas:Oncology, Psychiatry / Psychology, Pulmonary / Respiratory Diseases
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:2/17/2019
Start Date:September 10, 2018
End Date:December 10, 2021

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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.


Inclusion Criteria:

- 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

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients not diagnosed with cancer

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

- Known Pregnancy

- 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.
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12902 USF Magnolia Dr
Tampa, Florida 33612
(888) 663-3488
Principal Investigator: James K Hicks, PharmD, PhD
Phone: 813-745-4668
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, has...
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