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Study aim
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Evaluation of oral Selenium Sulfide effect on a Refractory Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Design
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Placebo-controlled, parallel groups, double blind, randomized (with random numbers table), phase 3 Clinical Trial
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Settings and conduct
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In this study patients are divided randomly to two intervention and control groups. intervention group are given fluoxetine 20 mg plus selenium 200 mcg once a day and control group are given fluoxetine 20 mg plus placebo once a day for 6 week. Psychiatrist and patient did not know about groups. study done in ahvaz bardia psychiatry clinic
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: Age between 18 to 62 years, Minimum score of Yale brown questionnaire should be 21, Obtaining written informed consent before entering into the study. Exclusion criteria: Pregnancy, Internal diseases (diabetic patients, hypertension &...), Psychotic patient and mood disorders and neurology diseases, Thinking about suicide, Addiction to alcohol and narcotics, IQ below 80
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Intervention groups
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Intervention group: Included patients suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder use Selenium Sulfide capsule 200 mcg(manufactory: century, made in USA), once a day, for 6 weeks plus Fluoxetine capsule 20 mg(manufactory: Abidi, made in Iran), once a day, for 6 weeks. Control group: Included patients suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder use placebo capsule(manufactory: Pharmaceutical Technology Development Center of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences), once a day for 6 weeks plus Fluoxetine capsule 20 mg(manufactory: Abidi, made in Iran), once a day for 6 weeks.
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Main outcome variables
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Scale of Obsession and Copmpulsion disorder