Ketamine Frequency Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder - Full Text View

Purpose

Depression is a wide spread illness. Depression contributes most significantly to national health care costs. While the number and types of treatments used for depression have expanded over the years, even with an increased range of options, the response rate, defined as the number of subjects who have a 50% reduction in depressive symptoms, is estimated to be around 65%.

This randomized clinical trial will examine the frequency of treatment with ketamine in patients with treatment-resistant depression TRD without psychosis. It will compare two modes of the ketamine treatment; every other day ketamine, versus two active and four placebo treatments over the period of 12 days.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Treatment Resistant Depression	Drug: Ketamine Drug: Ketamine/Saline	Phase 4

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title:	Ketamine Frequency Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Depression

Drug Information available for: Ketamine hydrochloride Ketamine

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Essentia Health:

Primary Outcome Measures:

The primary efficacy measure is the change in scores in the 21-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. [ Time Frame: 20 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Proportion of patients with remission (HDRS score < 18) at the end of the 2-week treatment and each follow-up contact. [ Time Frame: 20 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment:	0
Study Start Date:	March 2008

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Ketamine (6K) 6K: 6 ketamine injections (0.5 mg/kg of ketamine) every other day for 12 days	Drug: Ketamine 0.5 mg/kg of ketamine every other day for 12 days (days 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11)
Active Comparator: Ketamine/Placebo (2K4P) 2K4P = two active ketamine injections(2K) and four placebo (saline) injections over 12 days.	Drug: Ketamine/Saline 0.5 mg/kg of ketamine on days 1 and 7, placebo (saline) on days 3, 5, 9, 11

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	30 Years to 65 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Age 30 to 65
Major depressive disorder without psychotic features confirmed by a structured clinical diagnostic interview, SCID.
Treatment resistant depression defined using the Antidepressant Treatment History Form (ATHF)
HDRS 21 score > 18
Female participants of childbearing potential must be using a medically accepted means of contraception (birth control pills, spermicidal barrier)
Ability to concur with medication standardization regiment (section as an outpatient
Physically healthy (no chronic diseases; normal CBC, BMP, AST, ALT, and UA)
Competent to give informed consent to all required tests and examinations and sign a consent document

Exclusion Criteria:

Bipolar disorder
Psychosis or any other psychotic disorder as defined by DSM-IV criteria
Serious or imminent threat for suicide
Pregnant or nursing female
Presence of serious unstable medical illnesses including hepatic, renal, gastrointestinal, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrinologic, neurologic, immunologic, or hematologic disease, or abnormal laboratory tests (CBC, BMP, AST, ALT, and UA)
Uncontrolled hypertension
History of CVA
Treatment with St. Johns wort, tramadol, phentolamine, naloxone, or anticholinergic medications
Alcohol or illicit drug abuse for 6 months (evidence from UDS)
Currently involved in a clinical trial or used an experimental medication within the last 30 days
Hypersensitivity to ketamine products

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00646087

Locations

United States, Minnesota
St. Mary's Duluth Clinic Health System
Duluth, Minnesota, United States, 55805

Sponsors and Collaborators

Essentia Health

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Micheal Messer, MD

Essentia Health

More Information

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Responsible Party:	Micheal Messer MD, St. Mary's Duluth Clinic Health System
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00646087 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	04-07-04
Study First Received:	March 25, 2008
Last Updated:	June 3, 2011
Health Authority:	United States: Food and Drug Administration

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Depression
Depressive Disorder
Depressive Disorder, Major
Behavioral Symptoms
Mood Disorders
Mental Disorders
Ketamine
Anesthetics, Dissociative
Anesthetics, Intravenous
Anesthetics, General
Anesthetics
Central Nervous System Depressants

Physiological Effects of Drugs
Pharmacologic Actions
Central Nervous System Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
Excitatory Amino Acid Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Analgesics
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents

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