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Ketamine Infusion for Treatment-resistant Major Depressive Disorder

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01582945

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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

Interventions

Drug

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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