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Registration number
ACTRN12614000807651
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
18/07/2014
Date registered
30/07/2014
Date last updated
1/11/2017
Type of registration
Retrospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
The effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) on the circadian light response
Scientific title
The effect of a single dose of Citalopram compared to placebo on the circadian systems response to light in healthy adults.
Secondary ID [1] 285011 0
Nil
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) 292524 0
Condition category
Condition code
Mental Health 292827 292827 0 0
Depression

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Participants will be asked to attend 4 test sessions of ~5 hours each, with ~one week between each session. Each session commences ~4 hours before the participants' habitual bedtime, concluding 1 hour after.

The first two sessions will be dim-light exposures (<1 lux), with citalopram 30mg being administered on the first evening, and placebo on the second. The first evening serves to confirm that citalopram 30mg does not influence absolute levels of melatonin, which would impede our ability to measure the suppression of melatonin during the following light exposures. The second night serves as a dark-control for subsequent light exposures.

The final two nights are light exposures (~100 lux) with participants being randomised to receive either citalopram 30mg, or placebo, first. Each participant will be exposed to both conditions.

A single capsule of citalopram 30mg (or matched placebo) will be administered in the laboratory ~4 hours prior to each participants' bedtime according to their sleep-wake schedule. This takes place during all in lab sessions.
Intervention code [1] 289845 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
A single Avicel powder filled capsule will be administered in the laboratory ~4 hours prior to each participants' bedtime according to their sleep-wake schedule during each of their four in-lab test sessions. The study is repeated-measures, therefore all participants will undergo a two dark controls (one with placebo, one with citalopram 30mg) and two light exposures (one with active medication and one with placebo).
Control group
Placebo

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 292693 0
Salivary melatonin levels
Timepoint [1] 292693 0
Saliva samples are taken every ~60 minutes with administration, and finishing 5 hours after administration.
Primary outcome [2] 292694 0
Alertness Testing: Objective and Subjective.

Objective alertness is assessed via an auditory psychomotor vigilance task.

Subjective alertness is assessed every 60 minutes using the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale
Timepoint [2] 292694 0
Test sessions will last for a total of ~5 hours in duration. Four test sessions are included in the protocol: two dark controls and two light exposures where either Citalopram 30mg or Placebo are administered on each occasion (active dark, placebo dark, active light, placebo light).

Objective alertness is assessed bi-hourly beginning 2 hour post administration, and subjective alertness is assessed hourly beginning immediately before administration.
Secondary outcome [1] 309511 0
-
Timepoint [1] 309511 0
-

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Healthy Caucasian males and females
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
40 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
- Any history of psychiatric illness or use of psychiatric medication
- Current sleep disorders or erratic/unusual sleep patterns
- Recent or excessive illicit drug use
- Current use of any prescription medication
- Colourblindness
- Recent surgery involving a full anaesthetic
- Any night shift within the past 3 months
- Any travel outside of the current time zone within the last 3 months
- BMI less than 18 or greater than 30
- Epworth Sleepiness Scale score greater than 10
- Beck Depression Inventory score greater than 13
- Use of hormonal contraception
- Abnormal menstrual cycle (<21 days or >35 days in length or irregular/unpredictable)

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Each participant will take part in all conditions, with the order of the light exposures being randomised.

The pharmacist dispensing the medication is responsible for allocating the specific order or administration and this will remain blinded to the researchers until testing has been completed, and individual level analysis has been conducted. A-B categorisation will be provided once individual analysis is complete, so that group level analysis can be completed before researchers will be unblinded.
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
The pharmacist responsible for dispensing the medication and matched placebos (Monash University Campus Pharmacy) generated a randomisation table for the light exposure allocations.

Dark controls were conducted in the same order for all participants.
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Crossover
Other design features
Phase
Phase 4
Type of endpoint/s
Pharmacodynamics
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
25/06/2014
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
31/12/2016
Actual
23/06/2017
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
26/07/2017
Sample size
Target
20
Accrual to date
Final
12
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
VIC
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 17979 0
3168 - Notting Hill

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 289623 0
Self funded/Unfunded
Name [1] 289623 0
Dr. Sean Cain
Country [1] 289623 0
Australia
Primary sponsor type
University
Name
Monash University
Address
Monash University - Clayton Campus
Wellington Road
Clayton, Victoria, 3800
Country
Australia
Secondary sponsor category [1] 288311 0
Individual
Name [1] 288311 0
Dr. Sean Cain
Address [1] 288311 0
School of Psychological Sciences - Building 17
Monash University Clayton Campus
Wellington road
Victoria, 3800
Country [1] 288311 0
Australia

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Ethics committee name [1] 291365 0
Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee
Ethics committee address [1] 291365 0
Monash University
Level 1, Building 3e, Clayton Campus
Wellington Rd
Clayton VIC 3800, Australia
Ethics committee country [1] 291365 0
Australia
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 291365 0
Approval date [1] 291365 0
11/06/2014
Ethics approval number [1] 291365 0
CF14/1244 - 2014000506

Summary
Brief summary
This study aims to examine the effect Citalopram (a common SSRI medication) has on the body's response to light exposure at night. It is hypothesised that as compared to placebo trials, administration of Citalopram will will result in an altered response to night time light exposure.
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 50042 0
Dr Sean Cain
Address 50042 0
School of Psychological Sciences - Building 17
Monash University,
Clayton, VIC, 3800
Country 50042 0
Australia
Phone 50042 0
+61, 03, 99051194
Fax 50042 0
+61, 03, 99053948
Email 50042 0
[email protected]
Contact person for public queries
Name 50043 0
Sean Cain
Address 50043 0
School of Psychological Sciences - Building 17
Monash University,
Clayton, VIC, 3800
Country 50043 0
Australia
Phone 50043 0
+61, 03, 99051194
Fax 50043 0
+61, 03, 99053948
Email 50043 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 50044 0
Sean Cain
Address 50044 0
School of Psychological Sciences - Building 17
Monash University,
Clayton, VIC, 3800
Country 50044 0
Australia
Phone 50044 0
+61, 03, 99051194
Fax 50044 0
+61, 03, 99053948
Email 50044 0
[email protected]

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SourceTitleYear of PublicationDOI
EmbaseThe SSRI citalopram increases the sensitivity of the human circadian system to light in an acute dose.2018https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-018-5019-0
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