The Perinatal Synergistic Multi-component Intervention to alLeviate dEpressive Symptoms. A Case Series
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Official title
The Perinatal SMILES (Synergistic Multi-component Intervention to alLeviate dEpressive Symptoms) Case Series. Combining Ketamine and Interpersonal Psychotherapy to Improve Postpartum Mood
Brief summary
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The goal of this open label case series is to learn about the feasibility of conducting a future randomised controlled trial to evaluate how well the Perinatal SMILES intervention works in improving post-cesarean mood in low-income women. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Is it feasible to recruit a sufficient number of participants? 2. Is it feasible to administer Perinatal SMILES and 3. Is it feasible to collect participant outcomes? To profile EEG in participants at rest and in response to TMS, before and after subcutaneous ketamine Participants will: 1. Complete five sessions of interpersonal therapy 2. Receive two skin injections of ketamine, approximately 24 hours apart, in the first four postpartum day 3. Receive additional therapy sessions before (to prepare for ketamine) and after (interpersonal therapy) each ketamine injection 4. Undergo assessments of brain electrical activity (at rest and evoked by trans-cranial magnetic stimulation) before and at three timepoints in the 10 hours after each ketamine injection 5. Complete mood assessments over the first 12 postpartum weeks
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT06048263
- Recruitment status
- Withdrawn
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2, Phase 3
- Enrollment
- Not listed
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- Not listed
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Oct 14, 2025
- Primary completion
- Oct 14, 2025
- Completion
- Oct 14, 2025
- Last update posted
- Oct 28, 2025
2025
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes-Jewish Hospital | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
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- Last update posted Oct 28, 2025 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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