Tolerability and efficacy of vortioxetine versus SSRIs in elderly with major depression. Study protocol of the VESPA study: a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, parallel-group, superiority, randomized trial.
Giovanni OstuzziChiara GastaldonAngelo BarbatoBarbara D'AvanzoMauro TettamantiIgor MontiAndrea AgugliaEugenio AgugliaMaria Chiara AlessiMario AmoreFrancesco BartoliMassimo BiondiPaola BortolasoCamilla CallegariGiuseppe CarràRosangela CarusoSimone CavallottiCristina CrocamoArmando D'AgostinoPasquale De FazioChiara Di NataleLaura GiustiLuigi GrassiGiovanni MartinottiMichela NoséDavide PapolaMarianna PurgatoAlessandro RodolicoRita RonconeLorenzo TarsitaniGiulia TurriniElisa ZaniniFrancesco AmaddeoMirella RuggeriCorrado BarbuiPublished in: Trials (2020)
Protocol version 1.5; 09/06/2018. Recruitment started In February 2019 and it is ongoing. It is expected to end approximately on 30 September 2021.