Drug or intervention
Ketamine Clinical Trials
Studies that test Ketamine, alone, with other treatments or as the comparison.
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All 361Healthy Volunteer, Major Depressive Disorder
Neuropharmacologic Imaging and Biomarker Assessments of Response to Acute and Repeated-Dosed Ketamine Infusions in Major Depressive Disorder
Background: Most medications that treat depression take weeks or months to work. Researchers want to develop fast-acting treatments. One dose of ketamine has a rapid antidepressant effect.
- Conditions
- Healthy Volunteer, Major Depressive Disorder, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT03065335
- Testing
- Ketamine, Cobot TS MV robotic arm for TMS, NeurOptics PLRTM-30000 Pupillometer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Healthy Volunteers
Investigating the Analgesic Potential of (2R,6R)-HNK in Acute Pain in Healthy Volunteers
Background: Opioid drugs are often prescribed for acute and chronic pain. But these drugs are addictive, and they lead to more than 14,000 overdose deaths in the United States each year.
- Trial name
- NCT07504601
- Testing
- (2R,6R)-Hydroxynorketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Treatment Resistant Depression
InTRavenous kEtAmine and immerSive virtUal Reality to Treat dEpression
Depression is a common condition, with serious negative effects on the health and quality of life of those affected. While there are currently various medications which attempt to treat depression, they often take a long time to…
- Trial name
- TREASURE (NCT06781697)
- Testing
- Ketamine, Oculus VR headset
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Mechanical Ventilation, Critically Ill Intensive Care Unit Patients
Ketamine Sedation in the ICU (KANINE) RCT
Sedation is given to intensive care unit (ICU) patients to treat discomfort, anxiety, agitation, and to help facilitate care, particularly when they require a breathing tube.
- Trial name
- KANINE (NCT06767358)
- Testing
- ketamine hydrochloride
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Suicidal Ideation, Suicidal Behavior
Intravenous Ketamine for Acute Suicidal Crisis and Psychiatric Hospital Length of Stay
This randomized, double-blind, active placebo-controlled superiority trial will evaluate whether intravenous esketamine reduces time to psychiatric hospital discharge in adults hospitalized because of acute suicide risk.
- Trial name
- NCT07888933
- Testing
- Esketamine, Midazolam (Intravenous)
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 106 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
CPAP Ventilation, Sedation
Dexametedomidine Ketamine Infusion Versus Dexametedomidine Propofol Infusion in Non-compliant Agitated Patients on Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Mask Ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a type of positive airway pressure, where the air flow is introduced into the airways to maintain a continuous pressure to constantly stent the airways open, in people who are…
- Conditions
- CPAP Ventilation, Sedation, Hemodynamics Instability
- Trial name
- CPAP (NCT07888192)
- Testing
- Group DK will receive dexmedetomidine (0.2-1.4 μg/kg/hour) and ketamine (0.5 mg/kg/hr)., Group KP will receive dexmedetomidine (0.2-1.4 μg/kg/hour) and propofol (2-4 mg/kg/hr).(
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Chronic Pain, Postoperative
Effect of Low-Dose Esketamine Combined With Dexmedetomidine on the Incidence of Chronic Postsurgical Pain in Patients Undergoing Pancreatic Surgery
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if low-dose esketamine combined with dexmedetomidine can reduce chronic pain after pancreatic surgery in adults. It will also learn about its safety.
- Trial name
- NCT07888413
- Testing
- Esketamine combined with dexmedetomidine
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital
Opioid-Free Anesthesia, POCD
Effect of Opioid-free Anesthesia on Sleep Quality, Cognitive Function and Recovery Quality After General Anesthesia in Elderly Patients
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD)is a common well disorder of the central nervous system after surgery, mainly manifested by impaired memory, spirit, language ability or other aspects of brain function.
- Conditions
- Opioid-Free Anesthesia, POCD, Recovery Quality, Sleep Quality
- Trial name
- NCT06493396
- Testing
- Opioid-free Analgesics, Opioid group
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Beijing Friendship Hospital
Opioid Use Disorder
Ketamine for Opioid Use Disorder
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if ketamine works to reduce craving for opioids in adults enrolled in methadone treatment for opioid use disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT06943859
- Testing
- Treatment with Ketamine, Treatment with Very Low Dose Ketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Abdominal Pain, Isolated Extremity Fracture
Morphine or Ketamine for Analgesia
Pain is common in children presenting to the emergency department but is frequently undertreated, leading to both short- and long-term consequences.
- Conditions
- Abdominal Pain, Isolated Extremity Fracture, Pain, Pediatrics
- Trial name
- MoKA (NCT06835504)
- Testing
- Ketamine hydrochloride, Morphine sulphate
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,010 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Completed, with results posted
All 246Suicide, Attempted, Suicide and Depression
Ketamine Versus Midazolam for Recurrence of Suicidality in Adolescents
This project aims to examine the signal of efficacy of ketamine, a rapidly acting medication shown to decrease suicidality in adults in as short as hours or days, as opposed to weeks.
- Conditions
- Suicide, Attempted, Suicide and Depression, Suicide Threat
- Trial name
- TASK (NCT04592809)
- Testing
- Ketamine Hydrochloride, Midazolam Hydrochloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Ketamine and Prolonged Exposure in PTSD
This study aims at investigating the effectiveness of the drug, Ketamine, in combination with Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy for people suffering from PTSD.
- Trial name
- NCT03960658
- Testing
- ketamine-enhanced prolonged exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Major Depressive Disorder, Healthy Controls
Elucidating the Neurocircuitry of Irritability With High-Field Neuroimaging to Identify Novel Therapeutic Targets
The study is investigating dysfunctions in neurocircuitry in regards to irritability with healthy controls (HC) and individuals with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) by performing MRIs.
- Trial name
- UNIKET (NCT05046184)
- Testing
- Ketamine Hydrochloride, Midazolam injection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 104 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Depression and Suicide
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Following Esketamine for Major Depression and Suicidal Ideation for Relapse Prevention
This is a rater-blinded, randomized controlled trial. All patients will receive esketamine for treatment of Major Depression with Suicidal Ideation (MDSI).
- Trial name
- ENDURE (NCT04760652)
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT, TAU
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Postoperative Depression
Ketamine for Postoperative Avoidance of Depressive Symptoms: The K-PASS Feasibility Trial
This protocol describes a feasibility trial that will evaluate the feasibility of conducting a full-scale phase 3 trial testing the hypothesis that a postoperative sustained, low-dose ketamine infusion can prevent postoperative…
- Trial name
- K-PASS (NCT05233566)
- Testing
- Ketamine, Normal saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine