Completed
A Confirmatory Multicenter, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study of the Use of Quetiapine Fumarate (SEROQUEL) in the Treatment of Patients With Bipolar Depression
What is being tested
Data Collection
Who is being recruted
Bipolar and Related Disorders+1
+ Mental Disorders
+ Bipolar Disorder
From 18 to 65 Years
+4 Eligibility Criteria
How is the trial designed
Treatment Study
Phase 3
Interventional
Study Start: June 2004
Summary
Principal SponsorAstraZeneca
Last updated: January 27, 2026
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Study start date: June 1, 2004
Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of quetiapine compared to placebo in the treatment for a major depressive episode in patients with bipolar disorder after receiving treatment for up to 8 weeks.
Official TitleA Confirmatory Multicenter, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Study of the Use of Quetiapine Fumarate (SEROQUEL) in the Treatment of Patients With Bipolar Depression
Principal SponsorAstraZeneca
Last updated: January 27, 2026
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner
Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.Design Details
530 patients to be enrolled
Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.Treatment Study
These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.
Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Conditions
Criteria
Any sex
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.From 18 to 65 Years
Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.Healthy volunteers not allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
Bipolar and Related DisordersMental DisordersBipolar DisorderMood Disorders
Criteria
1 inclusion criteria required to participate
Provision of informed consent before enrollment and any study-specific procedures. Patients deemed incapable of providing written consent will not be enrolled in this study; outpatient status
3 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
More than 8 mood episodes in the past year from screen (visit 1);
A current Axis I disorder other than bipolar disorder within 6 months of screening;
patients with clinically significant abnormal laboratory findings in the investigator's judgment
Study Plan
Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.Study Objectives
Study Objectives
Primary Objectives
Secondary Objectives
Study Centers
These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.This study has 36 locations
Suspended
Suspended
Research Site
Scottsdale, United StatesSuspended
Research Site
Cerritos, United StatesSuspended
Research Site
Garden Grove, United StatesCompleted36 Study Centers