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Efficacy and Safety of MK-1942 When Added to Stable Antidepressant Therapy in Participants With Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) (MK-1942-006)

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04663321

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Official title

A Phase 2a, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of MK-1942 Added to Stable Antidepressant Therapy in Participants With Treatment-Resistant Depression

Brief summary

Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.

The main purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of daily and intermittent dosing of MK-1942 compared to placebo among participants with Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) on a stable course of antidepressant therapy. The dual primary hypotheses of the study are that the daily MK-1942 treatment or intermittent MK-1942 treatment are superior to placebo in reducing Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) score.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT04663321
Recruitment status
Terminated
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Industry
Enrollment
99 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

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
May 19, 2021
Primary completion
Sep 7, 2023
Completion
Sep 7, 2023
Last update posted
May 3, 2026

2021 – 2023

United States locations

U.S. sites
45
U.S. states
22
U.S. cities
43
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Alabama at Birmingham - School of Medicine-Psychiatry ( Site 1073) Birmingham Alabama 35233 —
Preferred Research Partners ( Site 1079) Little Rock Arkansas 72211 —
Woodland International Research Group ( Site 1017) Little Rock Arkansas 72211 —
CITrials-Outpatient Facility ( Site 1098) Bellflower California 90706 —
Axiom Research ( Site 1053) Colton California 92324 —
Collaborative Neuroscience Network, LLC. ( Site 1032) Garden Grove California 92845 —
CITrials ( Site 1105) Santa Ana California 92705 —
Institute of Living ( Site 1061) Hartford Connecticut 06106 —
Gulfcoast Clinical Research Center ( Site 1110) Fort Myers Florida 33912 —
Velocity Clinical Research, Hallandale Beach ( Site 1116) Hallandale Florida 33009 —
Clinical Neuroscience Solutions, Inc. dba CNS Healthcare ( Site 1039) Jacksonville Florida 32256 —
Innovative Clinical Research ( Site 1044) Lauderhill Florida 33319 —
Behavioral Clinical Research ( Site 1037) Miami Florida 33016 —
Aqualane Clinical Research ( Site 1113) Naples Florida 34105 —
APG RESEARCH, LLC ( Site 1087) Orlando Florida 32803 —
University of South Florida-Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences ( Site 1093) Tampa Florida 33613 —
K2 Medical Research - Winter Park ( Site 1115) Winter Park Florida 32792 —
Atlanta Center for Medical Research ( Site 1022) Atlanta Georgia 30331 —
iResearch Atlanta ( Site 1040) Decatur Georgia 30030 —
Psych Atlanta ( Site 1108) Marietta Georgia 30060 —
iResearch Savannah ( Site 1041) Savannah Georgia 31405 —
Ascension Saint Elizabeth ( Site 1003) Chicago Illinois 60622 —
CBH Health ( Site 1076) Gaithersburg Maryland 20877 —
Boston Clinical Trials ( Site 1028) Boston Massachusetts 02131 —
University of Michigan-Psychiatry ( Site 1051) Ann Arbor Michigan 48026 —
Altea Research ( Site 1018) Las Vegas Nevada 89102 —
Hassman Research Institute ( Site 1036) Berlin New Jersey 08009 —
Global Medical Institutes LLC; Princeton Medical Institute ( Site 1049) Princeton New Jersey 08540 —
Albuquerque Neuroscience Inc. ( Site 1107) Albuquerque New Mexico 87109 —
Hapworth Research Inc.-Clinical Research Department ( Site 1090) New York New York 10022 —
Manhattan Behavioral Medicine ( Site 1096) New York New York 10036 —
Richmond Behavioral Associates ( Site 1011) Staten Island New York 10314 —
New Hope Clinical Research ( Site 1082) Charlotte North Carolina 28211 —
Clinical Trials of America, LLC ( Site 1103) Hickory North Carolina 28601 —
Neuro-Behavioral Clinical Research ( Site 1045) North Canton Ohio 44720 —
Paradigm Research Professionals ( Site 1089) Oklahoma City Oklahoma 73118 —
Suburban Research Associates-Clinical Research ( Site 1042) Media Pennsylvania 19063 —
Penn Medicine: University of Pennsylvania Health System-Mood Disorders Treatment and Research Proga Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 —
Keystone Clinical Studies ( Site 1031) Plymouth Meeting Pennsylvania 19462 —
Baylor College of Medicine ( Site 1019) Houston Texas 77030 —
AIM Trials, LLC ( Site 1111) Plano Texas 75093 —
Cedar Clinical Research ( Site 1023) Draper Utah 84020 —
Woodstock Research Center ( Site 1084) Woodstock Vermont 05091 —
Northwest Clinical Research Center ( Site 1112) Bellevue Washington 98007 —
Core Clinical Research ( Site 1081) Everett Washington 98201 —

Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.

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What this page does not do
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