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The primary outcome is to investigate whether blended therapy for depression (ie, blended PDT and CBT) is noninferior from baseline to 6-month follow-up after treatment termination compared with FTF PDT and CBT in terms of severity of depression assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) based on intention-to-treat analyses. Secondary outcomes include severity of depression as measured with the BDI-II at 1 and 2 years after treatment termination; recovery from depression as assessed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 disorders \u2013 Clinical Trials Version (SCID-5-CT) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) at treatment termination and at 6-month, 1-year, and 2-year follow-up; and quality of life as measured with the EuroQoL 5-Dimension 5-Level (EQ-5D-5L) at treatment termination and at 6-month, 1-year, and 2-year follow-up. 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