Ketamine Infusion for Treatment-resistant Major Depressive Disorder
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Official title
N-methyl-D-aspartate Antagonist (Ketamine) Infusion for Treatment-resistant Major Depressive Disorder With Suicidal Ideation
Brief summary
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Ketamine infusion has been shown to have rapid antidepressant properties, however the possible use of ketamine in treatment-resistant depression as augmentation has not been investigated. The overall aim of this study is to assess the feasibility, safety and tolerability, efficacy and duration of the effect of intravenous N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist ketamine as augmentation of antidepressants for chronic suicidal ideation in subjects with severe treatment-resistant depression (TRD). This is an open-label study (pilot).
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01582945
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 14 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 65 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 31, 2012
- Primary completion
- Aug 31, 2014
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2014
- Last update posted
- Apr 19, 2017
2012 – 2014
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depression Clinical and Research Program - MGH | Boston | Massachusetts | 02114 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 19, 2017 · Synced Sep 24, 2026
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