Clinical trials: Acute Depression
Depression, Depressive Disorder
Citalopram and Stress Reactivity
This study is investigating whether acute administration of citalopram is associated with a decrease in stress reactivity in healthy volunteers, compared to placebo administration.
- Conditions
- Depression, Depressive Disorder, Mental Disorder, Antidepressive Agents
- Trial name
- NCT04161209
- Testing
- Citalopram
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action, Depression
Citalopram and Self Emotional Processing
This study is investigating the effect of an acute dose of citalopram on emotional processing about the self. Using a parallel-group double-blind design, participants will be randomised to receive either an acute dose of…
- Conditions
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action, Depression, Depressive Disorder, Mental Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT04169230
- Testing
- Citalopram
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Intensive Care Unit Syndrome
Effect of Listening to Relatives' Voice Recordings on Chest Pain, Anxiety, and Depression in Coronary ICU Patients
The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of listening to the voice recordings of relatives of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who were treated in the coronary intensive care unit on chest pain, anxiety and…
- Trial name
- NCT06260085
- Testing
- Relatives vioce record
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ordu University
Long COVID, Major Depressive Disorder
Presynaptic Imaging in Major Depressive Episodes After COVID-19
The goal of this observational study focuses on understanding and addressing a subset of persistent neuropsychiatric symptoms occurring within 3 months after mild to moderate COVID-19 infection (COVID-DNP).
- Conditions
- Long COVID, Major Depressive Disorder, Major Depressive Episode
- Trial name
- PCOV (NCT06086366)
- Testing
- [11C]DTBZ PET scan, [18F]SDM8 PET scan, MRI scan
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Opioid; Intoxication, Perception Disturbance (Acute), Acute Pain
Pupillary Unrest in Ambient Light, and Relationship to Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression
Volunteers will receive a weight-based opioid (remifentanil) infusion for 10 minutes. In the first run, serial pupillary measurements (pupillary unrest, pupil diameter) will be taken at baseline, and at 2.5-minute intervals…
- Conditions
- Opioid; Intoxication, Perception Disturbance (Acute), Acute Pain, Overdose of Opiate, Respiratory Depression
- Trial name
- NCT04301895
- Testing
- Continuous conversational interaction, Remifentanil infusion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Ischemic Stroke, Acute, Post-stroke Anxiety
Benson Relaxation for Anxiety, Depression, and Insomnia After Stroke
Stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Many patients experience anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbances in the early recovery phase, which can slow rehabilitation.
- Conditions
- Ischemic Stroke, Acute, Post-stroke Anxiety, Post-stroke Depression, Sleep
- Trial name
- BRT-Stroke (NCT07731282)
- Testing
- Benson Relaxation Technique, Structured Health Education
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Changchun University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Postoperative Pain, Acute, Postoperative Depression
REmotely-delivered Supportive Programs for Improving Surgical Pain and disTrEss
The purpose of this research study is to learn how two different supportive programs may help women feel better after surgery. This study will measure if one type of supportive program is more useful than the other for improving…
- Conditions
- Postoperative Pain, Acute, Postoperative Depression, Anxiety, Sleep Disturbance
- Trial name
- NCT05625360
- Testing
- eHealth Mindful Movement and Breathing, Life Impacts Reflection, PROMIS Questionnaires
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Depression
Stress Reactivity of Physical Stressor on Depression
Depressive elderly individuals have showed higher basal level of cortisol and lower level of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). Moreover, changes on these hormone levels have also observed in reactivity of an acute stress, such as…
- Trial name
- NCT01791023
- Testing
- Physical exercise
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Psychosis
Immune Mechanisms of Antipsychotic Treatment Response
The aim of this study is to investigate the role of the immune system in psychotic symptoms and their response to treatment. The investigators will collect blood and cerebrospinal fluid samples from participants with psychosis…
- Trial name
- IMAT (NCT06687694)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Prevention of Mental Health Problems in People Exposed to a Recent Highly Stressful Event.
This project evaluates the effectiveness of three intervention models for the prevention of mental health problems in people who have suffered a recent highly stressful event, through an experimental design, with a control group…
- Conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depressive Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT04314115
- Testing
- Mindfulness, Systemic therapy, Cognitive behavioral therapy and positive psychology
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Santo Tomas, Chile
Obstetric Pain, Postpartum Depression
Ketamine to Improve Recovery After Cesarean Delivery - Part 1
The objective of this study is evaluate the breastmilk transfer and pharmacokinetics (Part 1) and effectiveness (Part 2) of a post-cesarean delivery intravenous ketamine bolus-and-infusion strategy, as a preventive analgesic…
- Conditions
- Obstetric Pain, Postpartum Depression, Breastfeeding, Pain, Acute
- Trial name
- KINETIC (NCT04037085)
- Testing
- Ketamine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Grace Lim, MD, MS
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, ME/CFS
Unhide® Project: A Digital Health Platform to Collect Lifestyle Data for Brain Inflammation Research
The unhide® Project is a non-interventional, longitudinal research study designed to establish a secure data repository of demographic, health, and lifestyle information from individuals with brain inflammation and related…
- Conditions
- Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, ME/CFS, Rheumatic Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)
- Trial name
- NCT04806620
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brain Inflammation Collaborative
Acute Depression
Subanesthetic IV Bolus Ketamine in the Treatment of Acute Depression
The objective of this double-blinded placebo-controlled pilot study is to determine whether a single sub-anesthetic rapid IV bolus dose of ketamine administered to acutely depressed patients with or without suicidality has a…
- Trial name
- NCT02378415
- Testing
- Ketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Naval Medical Center, San Diego
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
tVNS, Motivation, and Insulin Sensitivity
Disturbances in energy metabolism significantly increase the risk of developing major depressive disorder (MDD), especially in individuals with type 2 diabetes.
- Trial name
- NCT07198100
- Testing
- Transcutaneous non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS), Oral glucose tolerance test (oGTT)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bonn
Gut Microbiome, Gastrointestinal Microbiome
A Non-Interventional Pilot Study to Explore the Role of Gut Flora in Disease
This study seeks to correlate microbiome sequencing data with information provided by patients and their medical records.
- Conditions
- Gut Microbiome, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT04031469
- Testing
- There is no intervention in this study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ProgenaBiome
Depression in Remission
Prucalopride and Cognition in Recovered Depression
The current study has two aims: 1. To test the effect of 5-HT4 receptor agonism on cognition (including memory, attention and cognitive control) in individuals with previous history of depression. 2.
- Trial name
- PROGRESS (NCT05220228)
- Testing
- Prucalopride
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Healthy 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)
Major Depressive Disorder
Switching From SSRI to Desvenlafaxine on Cognitive Functioning
Given the importance of cognitive function on depressed patients' treatment outcome and return to premorbid functioning, the effect of antidepressant drugs on cognition has become of primary concern.
- Trial name
- NCT03432221
- Testing
- Desvenlafaxine
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Corporacion Parc Tauli
Acute Stress Disorder, Anxiety
GASA-CIR Trail (Guidance and the Symptoms of Acute Stress and Anxiety in Critically Ill Patients Relatives in Intensive Care Unit)
A randomized clinical trial 1:1 among relatives of patients admitted to an intensive care unit, the intervention group will be composed by family members who receive a printed brochure and will be encouraged to visit a website…
- Conditions
- Acute Stress Disorder, Anxiety, Depression
- Trial name
- GASA-CIR (NCT03812458)
- Testing
- website and brochure
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Acute Stress Disorder
Post-traumatic Stress Injuries Among Paramedics and Emergency Dispatchers
As part of their work, emergency first responders, such as paramedics and emergency medical dispatchers are exposed daily to traumatic events.
- Conditions
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Acute Stress Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT04202042
- Testing
- Psychological first aid, Usual organisational intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire en santé Mentale de Montréal