Clinical trials: Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant
Major Depressive Disorder
5-hydroxytryptophan and Creatine for Treatment Resistant Depression Associated With Hypoxia in Females
The investigators hypothesize that the administration of two widely available, naturally occurring dietary supplements, 5 hydroxytryptophan and creatine monohydrate, will reduce the severity of depression in individuals exposed…
- Trial name
- NCT02356107
- Testing
- 5-hydroxytryptophan and Creatine monohydrate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Perry Renshaw
Depression
Low Dose Ketamine Infusion for the Treatment of Resistant Depression
The purpose of this investigator-initiated observational study is to examine how low Ketamine infusion treatments impact antidepressant and anti-suicidal effects for refractory and non-refractory depression.
- Trial name
- NCT04283058
- Testing
- Ketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loma Linda University
Major Depressive Disorder
PET Biomarkers in Treatment Resistant Depression
The primary objectives of the study are to test whether brain Mono Amine Oxidase-A (MAO-A) levels are elevated in patients with treatment-resistant major depression, and to explore whether MAO-A brain levels predict treatment…
- Trial name
- NCT01031810
- Testing
- tranylcypromine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Treatment Resistant Depression, Depression - Major Depressive Disorder
Characterizing Synaptic Density in Treatment Resistant Depression
The purpose of this study is to better understand how certain brain systems work in people with depression, especially in those whose symptoms have not improved with antidepressant treatments.
- Trial name
- TPET (NCT03537794)
- Testing
- PET scans
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Treatment Resistant Depression
Linear Asymmetric rTMS in Adolescent Treatment-Resistant Depression: Treatment Durations From Ten Days to One Day
This is a pilot interventional study to investigate the acceptability, tolerability, and side effect profile for varying numbers of treatment sessions/day of a new rTMS treatment in adolescents with treatment-resistant depression…
- Trial name
- NCT03986658
- Testing
- Linear Asymmetric rTMS System
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NeuroQore Inc.
Treatment Resistant Depression
Intranasal Esketamine to Maintain the Antidepressant Response to IV Racemic Ketamine
This study aims to assess the efficacy and safety of intranasal esketamine as maintenance antidepressant therapy in patients who have demonstrated clinical improvement with off-label intravenous racemic ketamine for…
- Trial name
- NCT04856124
- Testing
- Intranasal esketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Psych Atlanta
Major Depression
Effects of ECT on Monoamine Oxidase A in Depression Investigated With PET
This study aims at evaluating the effect of electroconvulsive therapy in treatment-resistant depressed patients on the major serotonin degrading enzyme in the human brain using neuroimaging methods, the monoamine oxidase A.
- Trial name
- NCT02379767
- Testing
- Electroconvulsive therapy, Positron emission tomography of the brain using [11C]harmine, Structural magnetic resonance imaging
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Major Depression
Antidepressant Effects of Ayahuasca: a Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial in Treatment Resistant Depression
The purpose of the present trial is to test the efficacy of Ayahuasca in treatment-resistant depression. Ayahuasca is a decoction of two plants, long used by Amazonian Amerindians.
- Trial name
- NCT02914769
- Testing
- Ayahuasca
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Treatment Resistant Depression, Epilepsy
Mapping and Modulating the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Socio-Affective Processing
The overall goal of this study is to map the spatiotemporal dynamics of social affective processing and to examine selective modulation of these dynamics in humans undergoing invasive intracranial monitoring for…
- Trial name
- NCT05418894
- Testing
- Device: Directional Deep Brain Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
PTSD, Alzheimer Disease
First-In-Human (FIH), Single Ascending Dose (SAD) Study of FluoroEthylNorMemantine (FENM)
The goal of this First-In-Human (FIH) trial is to learn about safety and PharmacoKinetics (PK) in healthy adult volunteers. The main questions it aims to answer are: What is the safety of single ascending doses of the…
- Conditions
- PTSD, Alzheimer Disease, Brain Diseases, Neuro-Degenerative Disease
- Trial name
- NCT05921929
- Testing
- Fluoroethylnormemantine (FENM)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ReST Therapeutics
Psychiatric Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder
Exploring Blood Plasma Metabolomics: Unraveling the Metabolic Landscape in Treatment-Resistant Adolescent Depression
This study contributes new evidence for the identification of adolescent TRD and sheds light on differing pathophysiologies by delineating distinct plasma metabolic profiles between adolescent TRD and FEDN-MDD.
- Conditions
- Psychiatric Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Metabolic Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT06331572
- Testing
- 17-HAMD
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 162 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Depression, Treatment Resistant Depression
Studying the Health of Asians to Advance Knowledge, Treatments, and Interventions for Depression
SHAKTI (from the Sanskrit word for "power") is a 5-year natural history, longitudinal, prospective study of a cohort of 6,000 participants that will help uncover the socio-demographic, lifestyle, clinical, psychological, and…
- Conditions
- Depression, Treatment Resistant Depression, Mood Disorders, Bipolar Disorder
- Trial name
- SHAKTI (NCT06002204)
- Testing
- Observational Study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Treatment Resistant Depression
Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex and the Antidepressant Efficacy of Theta Burst Stimulation in Depressed Patients
This study evaluates an association between different dosage and the antidepressant efficacy of theta burst stimulation in patients with treatment-resistant depression.
- Trial name
- NCT04037592
- Testing
- Active standardized iTBS-DMPFC, Active high-dosage iTBS-DMPFC
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Ketamine Infusions for PTSD and Treatment-Resistant Depression
The relationship between depression and trauma is well established. Co-occuring depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are associated with more severe symptoms and lower levels of functioning.
- Trial name
- NCT02577250
- Testing
- Ketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Treatment Resistant Depression, Nitrous Oxyde
Brain Reactivity to Nitrous Oxyde in Depression : an MRI and Ultrasound Study (PROTOBRAIN Pilote)
Recent evidence suggest that Nitrous Oxyde (N2O) could exhibit antidepressant effect in treatment-resistant depression (TRD). However, the pathophysiology of this effect remains unclear and could include glutamatergic activity…
- Trial name
- NCT04199143
- Testing
- Nitrous Oxide-Oxygen, Tissue Pulsatility Imaging - TPI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging - MRI
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Tours
Treatment Resistant Depression
Accelerated Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation for Depressed Patients During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) using intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) has been found to be a non inferior protocol to standard rTMS for the treatment of major depressive disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT04935489
- Testing
- Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation (form of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation) given in an accelerated form
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences
Treatment Resistant Depression
Neurobiological Analyses Within the FORESEE III Study
In this observational, non-invasive clinical study different neurobiological analyses will be performed in a group of patients with severe treatment resistant major depression participating in an efficacy study of deep brain…
- Trial name
- NCT04021823
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Freiburg
Insulin Resistance, Low Birth Weight
Effects of 3 Months of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI)-Treatment on Metabolism and Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-Axis in Young Men Born With Low Birth Weight
Chronic stress has been proposed to be involved the development of western life-style diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes (T2DM).
- Conditions
- Insulin Resistance, Low Birth Weight, Type 2 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease
- Trial name
- LBW-SSRI (NCT00971815)
- Testing
- Escitalopram
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Treatment Resistant Depression
Ketamine Frequency Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder
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…
- Trial name
- NCT00646087
- Testing
- Ketamine, Ketamine/Saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Essentia Health
Treatment Resistant Depression
Structural and Functional Connectivity of Brainstem Monoamine Pathways in Treatment Resistant Depression
Study TRD subjects' resistance to at least 2 different antidepressants, we hypothesize that because of their significant depression and treatment resistant status they are most likely to exhibit BSMN pathway abnormalities.
- Trial name
- MAOI (NCT03109717)
- Testing
- Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor (MAOI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kathryn O'Connor