Clinical trials: Refractory Depression
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
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
Major Depression
Treatment-Resistant Depression, Hippocampus Atrophy and Serotonin Genetic Polymorphism
Reduction of volume of the hippocampus has been associated with major depression in many studies. It has been suggested that antidepressants may protect against hippocampus volume loss in humans associated with multiple episodes…
- Trial name
- NCT00704860
- Testing
- Open label pharmacotherapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Depression, Treatment Resistant Depression
Neurocardiac Predictors of Treatment Response to RTMS in Depression
Heartbeat is controlled by the brain and is regular but flexible to change in response to environmental and internal stimuli. This feature is known as heart rate variability (HRV).
- Trial name
- NCP (NCT05139862)
- Testing
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Treatment Resistant Depression
Linear Asymmetric rTMS in Adolescent Treatment-Resistant Depression: Tolerability of Treatment Durations Ranging 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
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NeuroQore Inc.
Treatment-resistant Depression (TRD), Major Depression
Relationship of Peripheral Inflammatory and Neuroprotective Biomarkers With Response to Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation in Treatment-Resistant Depression
Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is a major clinical challenge affecting a substantial proportion of patients with major depressive disorder who do not adequately respond to conventional antidepressant treatments.
- Trial name
- TRD-BIOTMS (NCT07673913)
- Testing
- Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation (iTBS)
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gulhane Training and Research Hospital
Mental Disorders
Brain MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Scans of Patients With Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD) and Healthy Controls
Treatment resistant depression (TRD) is a major health concern, with 10% of patients with major depressive disorder not responding to conventional treatments.
- Trial name
- NCT01162434
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bristol
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
The Effect of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment on Microvasculature Stracture of the Retina and the Choroid
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy is an approved and effective treatment option in treatment-resistant depression.
- Trial name
- TMS_OCT-A (NCT06708013)
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gulhane Training and Research Hospital
Depression, Treatment Resistant Depression
Computational Psychiatric Approach to Depression
The purpose of this research is to investigate how the brain changes in patients undergoing electroconvulsive (ECT) treatment for depression.
- Trial name
- NCT04189939
- Testing
- clinical assessments
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Depression, Major Depressive Disorder
Reward Emotion Learning and Ketamine Study
Ketamine's efficacy as an antidepressant is now well established yet the mechanisms underlying its antidepressant effect are yet to be fully described.
- Conditions
- Depression, Major Depressive Disorder, Treatment Resistant Depression
- Trial name
- RELAKS (NCT04850911)
- Testing
- Ketamine Hydrochloride
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Major Depressive Disorder, Treatment Resistant Depression
Investigation of the Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Cognition in Depression
According to the World Health Organization, MDD is attributed as the leading cause of disability worldwide, leaving 300 million individuals affected.
- Trial name
- NCT03977038
- Testing
- repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Major Depressive Disorder, Depression
Investigating Predictors of Treatment Response in Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) With Interleaved TMS/fMRI
The purpose of this trial is identify biomarkers of response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in individuals with first episode or treatment resistant depression.
- Trial name
- NCT03642522
- Testing
- repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Major Depressive Disorder, Treatment Resistant Depression
Antidepressant Effects of Nitrous Oxide
To evaluate the acute and sustained antidepressant effects of nitrous oxide in people with major depressive disorder; and further evaluate these effects by identifying the optimal dose and regimen to guide current practice, and…
- Trial name
- NCT05357040
- Testing
- Nitrous oxide gas for inhalation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Australia
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Depression, Neurofeedback
Neurofeedback In Treatment Resistant Depression
The investigators evaluate the effects of neurofeedback as an augmentation treatment on depressive symptoms and functional recovery in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD).
- Trial name
- NCT04078438
- Testing
- neurofeedback augmentation, treatment as usual
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yeungnam University Hospital
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
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
Bipolar Disorder
Depakote-ER for Depressive and Bipolar Depression
Obtain information using a randomized treatment to assess the antidepressant and anxiolytic efficacy of divalproex vs. placebo for nonrefractory bipolar patients with major depressive episodes.
- Trial name
- NCT00226343
- Testing
- Depakote-ER
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cambridge Health Alliance
Major Depressive Disorder, Treatment Resistant Depression
The Impact of Working Memory and Reward Markers on DLPFC Activity in Treatment-resistant Depression
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a very common illness that is usually treated with antidepressant medication. Depression can be caused by many things such as childhood experiences, genetics, and changes in the way the body and…
- Trial name
- NCT06163625
- Testing
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Research Interview, Questionnaires, Brain Scan
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Treatment Resistant Depression, Visual Perceptual Weakness
Positron Emission Tomography in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Intervention for Treatment-resistant Depression
Major depressive disorder (MDD) exhibit reduced visual motor perception, which affects prognosis. Metabolic substance changes and abnormal neural activity in the middle temporal visual area (MT) mediate this perceptual…
- Trial name
- NCT06044324
- Testing
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University
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