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CompletedNCT00238719Updated May 19, 2006

Study Evaluating Venlafaxine ER in Children and Adolescents With Social Anxiety Disorder

A Phase 3 interventional study of Venlafaxine ER in Social Anxiety Disorder, sponsored by Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer. Completed. Open to participants aged 8 Years to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2006-05-19.

Sponsored by Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
293
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
8 Years to 17 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

To determine the anxiolytic efficacy, safety, and tolerability of a flexible-dose of venlafaxine extended release (ER) administered for 16 weeks in the treatment of children and adolescent outpatients with social anxiety disorder (generalized) in a placebo-controlled study.

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Conditions studied

  • Social Anxiety Disorder

Keywords

  • Social Anxiety
  • Children Disorders
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In context

Anxiety Disorders

4,868 studies on the registry are indexed under Anxiety Disorders; 1,390 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 293 is above the median of 80 across 4,174 interventional studies indexed under Anxiety Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer is the lead sponsor of 472 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
8 Years to 17 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female outpatient
  • 8-17 year old
  • diagnosis of Social Anxiety Disorder

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • concomitant psychiatric or medical disorders which interfere with safety or assessment
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double
Enrollment
293 participants

Interventions

  • DrugVenlafaxine ER
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Final on therapy Social Anxiety Scale-Adolescents and Children (SAS-AC) total score.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Response, defined as a score of 1 (very much improved) or (very improved), on the Clinical Global Impressions-Improvement (CGI-I) scale; Final on therapy Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents (LSAS-AC) total score.

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 19, 2006, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00238719
Lead sponsor
Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
First posted
Oct 13, 2005
Start date
Dec 1999
Completion
Jun 2003
Last update
May 19, 2006

Study contacts

Medical Monitor
study director · Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
View the source record on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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