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Name (Synonyms) Correlation
D003866 Depressive Disorder NIH 0.24
D003863 Depression, NIH 0.15

Correlated HPO Terms (1)


Name (Synonyms) Correlation
HP:0000716 Depressivity HPO 0.24

There is one clinical trial.

Clinical Trials


1 Using a Diagnostic Taste Test as a Surrogate Biomarker to Predict Drug Effectiveness in Patients With Depression (MDD)

The study will be looking at whether a taste test device can be used as a diagnostic aid for depression. Taste tests will be carried out before and after first use of an antidepressant (prescribed by the patient's GP) and then again a month later a further taste test will be conducted. The results of these tests will be assessed to see if they correlate with the outcome of validated mood questionnaires carried out at the first and second visits.

NCT03645447 Depression Diagnostic Test: Taste test
MeSH:Depression Depressive Disorder
HPO:Depressivity

Primary Outcomes

Description: Change in taste threshold measures (sweet, salt, bitter, sour) between baseline and post-probe(s) at day 1 and 28 days after antidepressant treatment is initiated is assessed with the assistance of a taste test device.

Measure: Change in taste threshold with antidepressant treatment

Time: 4-6 weeks (per patient)

Description: Change in mood (assessed by score on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)) with antidepressant treatment is assessed. BDI scores may range from 0-63, where 0 demonstrates the lowest depression score and 63 the most severe depression.

Measure: Change in mood (assessed by score on the Beck Depression Inventory) with antidepressant treatment

Time: 4-6 weeks (per patient)

Secondary Outcomes

Description: Changes in scores on the Clinical Global Impression scale, as assessed by the participant's general medical practitioner is recorded. This scale ranges from 0-7, where 0 is the least severely ill and 7 the most severely ill.

Measure: Change in mood with antidepressant treatment, measured by the Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI scale)

Time: 4-6 weeks (per patient)

Description: Change in mood with antidepressant treatment, measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ9). PHQ9 scores range from 0-27, where 0 is the score for the least depressed patients and 27 the most severely depressed patients.

Measure: Change in mood with antidepressant treatment, measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ9)

Time: 4-6 weeks (per patient)

Description: Change in mood with antidepressant treatment, measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS). HADS scores for depression range from 0-21, where 0-7 is normal, 8-10 borderline and 11+ indicates clinical depression

Measure: Change in mood with antidepressant treatment, measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS)

Time: 4-6 weeks (per patient)

Description: Change in mood with antidepressant treatment, measured by the Quick Inventory of Depressive symptomatology (QIDS). Scores for QIDS range from 0-27, where 0 indicates no symptoms of depression and 27 indicates the most severe depression.

Measure: Change in mood with antidepressant treatment, measured by the Quick Inventory of Depressive symptomatology (QIDS)

Time: 4-6 weeks (per patient)

Description: A computerised algorithm will be used to direct the taste test to assess taste sensitivity. The algorithm has been developed to direct the taste test, indicating which taste solutions should be presented to the participant in which order. Every solution presented is recorded, along with answers given. These will be examined after testing to validate the code's ability to follow the algorithm created and properly determine taste thresholds.

Measure: Validation of diagnostic algorithm, comparing the sequence of taste testing determined by software with the algorithm described in the software specification.

Time: 12 months (duration of trial)

Description: User views on ease of use of the device and testing process will be collected. Users will be asked to give ease of use a score from 1-5, where 1 is very easy and 5 is very difficult. Participants will also be asked whether they would use the taste test again.

Measure: User assessment of ease of use of the device and testing process.

Time: 4-6 weeks (per patient)


Related HPO nodes (Using clinical trials)


HP:0000716: Depressivity
Genes 390
PDGFRB PFN1 DNAJC13 LIMK1 TRNS1 HTT LMAN2L CLN6 TSC2 FMR1 PSAP FGFR1 CPOX GBA GNAS DRD2 EPCAM NOTCH3 KISS1 ELN GABRG2 CLRN1 PON1 AARS2 PINK1 TBP ATRX RRM2B MAPT GPR35 UCHL1 PSEN1 SPRY4 PPARGC1A TACR3 FGF17 GNA11 C19ORF12 SNCA CP GLA HLA-DRB1 CHMP2B KCTD17 ND4 PDGFB MLH3 MSH2 NR4A2 USH2A ATP1A3 GIGYF2 PRNP TCF4 USH1C TRNQ DNMT1 RUNX1 HLA-DQB1 NEK1 ZC3H14 CLIP1 CACNA1G PDGFRB COQ2 TOR1A POLG GNAS OPTN MECP2 MAN2B1 GABRG2 C9ORF72 UNC13A GNRHR COX3 WDR11 GRN KCNT1 FMR1 ARVCF FBXO31 VPS13C MED25 SQSTM1 SLC6A4 MST1 MAPK1 MAPT MBOAT7 TRAPPC9 GBA ARSA ERBB4 UBQLN2 WFS1 MED23 SLC18A2 SQSTM1 PRNP ARMC5 TBP OCRL ATXN8OS TRNS1 USH1G ADGRV1 HS6ST1 GNAS GTF2IRD1 UFD1 TWNK TRNH C9ORF72 CCNF SGCE MAPT TARDBP RFC2 PLA2G6 TTC19 POLG XPR1 SNCAIP LRRK2 PRKCG DCTN1 PDGFRB PROKR2 TREM2 CLIP2 COMT GABRA1 XK TBC1D7 DNMT1 PRKACA JMJD1C NEFH SOD1 FRRS1L TRNL2 PRSS12 KDM5B DMPK CEP78 HIRA PPOX BCR VCP TARDBP EPM2A DNAJC5 COX1 PGAP1 MSH6 PMS1 MAN1B1 ND5 PRKAR1A RSRC1 DUSP6 HBB ST3GAL3 IQSEC1 CISD2 GSN ND6 EHMT1 TOR1A POLG ALMS1 LMNB1 CHD7 STX16 PRNP CHMP2B CFAP410 BCS1L PER3 TK2 TBX1 TUSC3 FA2H RPS20 AIMP1 FGF14 COX2 TREM2 DNA2 CLCN4 CPOX EDC3 CRBN GDAP2 SEC24C PAH FLT4 EPHA4 TMEM106B FGF8 EIF4G1 NSMF SLC2A1 AMACR SLC25A4 TRNL1 KISS1R FGF14 PAH RRM2B CBL ATP13A2 CHCHD10 DAO ATXN10 ADH1C CRADD PDGFB PMS2 TRNF PON2 LINS1 SYNJ1 ATXN8OS FUS PLA2G6 AP2S1 HNRNPA1 MSTO1 SNCA CACNA1H ND1 RREB1 PROK2 MYO7A SLC45A1 FUS JPH3 PODXL GLE1 SGCE GPR101 SPAST MATR3 MAN2B1 PON3 WHRN PRNP COASY PDCD1 LRRK2 GBA DCPS PDZD7 GNAS PPT1 COQ2 AIP GLT8D1 TGFBR2 MYO7A SMPD1 WFS1 PIGC KCNJ2 TWNK ANOS1 HTR2A POLG ATXN8 ABCA7 SARS1 AFG3L2 ANXA11 POLG PTPN22 RPS6KA3 SEMA4A TWNK PARK7 CC2D1A POLG2 GCH1 DGUOK HTRA2 BAZ1B TRNS2 TAF15 VPS35 ASXL1 ATXN2 HTT C12ORF4 CDH23 PCDH15 GP1BB PANK2 CACNA1G EZR HARS1 PIK3CA FAN1 FMO3 ATP1A3 MSTO1 NSUN2 PANK2 ARSG TNIK PINK1 PER2 TET3 TWNK SNCA CSF1R CLCN4 VCP GRIK2 GTF2I BMPR1A ATXN2 TET2 TBK1 TAC3 TRNN TBK1 FMN2 ATP7B SRPX2 THOC2 CRKL GRIN2A PTS VCP FIG4 NHLRC1 ARMC5 PRPH CDH23 TRNL1 CTSF ATXN10 TRNW JRK C9ORF72 CHCHD10 TBX1 GABRB3 CASR MLH1 PRKN SRSF2 CYP27A1 KRAS DCTN1 B3GALNT2 NDST1 PRNP HNMT HLA-DQB1 ANG TSC1 VAPB SLC20A2 METTL23 WASHC4 TBL2 CIB2 HMBS HMBS C9ORF72 DCTN1 PPP2R2B KCTD17 ESPN VCP POLG C9ORF72 PDE11A CBS GNRH1 PRNP TECR IDUA GNAS TRNS2 USP8 GLUD2 DNAJC6
Protein Mutations 4
A1298C C677T V158M V66M