Clinical trials: Resistant Major Depression
Depression, Mood Disorders
Rapid Antidepressant Effects of Ketamine in Major Depression
Depressive disorders may be severe, chronic and often life-threatening illnesses. Impairment in physical and social functioning resulting from depression can be just as severe as other chronic medical illnesses.
- Conditions
- Depression, Mood Disorders, Major Depresssion
- Trial name
- NCT00088699
- Testing
- Ketamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Major Depressive Disorder
Behavioral and Electrophysiological Effects of Ketamine in Treatment-Resistant Depression
The overarching goal of the present study is to evaluate the effect of a subanesthetic dose of ketamine 24-hour post-injection on resting state functional connectivity, cognitive control, and reward learning.
- Trial name
- NCT04239963
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
Major Depression Moderate, Major Depression Severe
EEG Microstate and Neuroinflammatory Biomarkers in Older Age Patients With Major Depressive Disorder Receiving ECT
This study aims to investigate the neurophysiological and inflammatory changes associated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in older age patients diagnosed with Major Depressive Episode, Major Depression, and Bipolar Disorder…
- Conditions
- Major Depression Moderate, Major Depression Severe, Major Depression With Comorbid Anxiety Symptoms, Major Depression With Panic Attacks
- Trial name
- NCT07740694
- Testing
- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Treatment-Resistant Major Depressive Disorder
Triple-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial of Tocilizumab vs Placebo: Potential Use of an IL-6 Antagonist as an Adjuvant to Standard Treatment for Treatment-Resistant Major Depression in the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS)
Clinical trial aimed at evaluating whether a single infusion of tocilizumab, a medication that blocks the action of an inflammatory molecule called interleukin-6 (IL-6), can reduce symptoms of treatment-resistant major depression…
- Trial name
- NCT07052058
- Testing
- Tocilizumab, Normal Saline (0.9% NaCl)
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Schizophrenia / Schizoaffective Disorder, First Episode Psychosis (FEP)
French Minds Cohort: a French Longitudinal and Multimodal Cohort of Patients With Major Mood Disorders, Psychotic Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Healthy Controls
The goal of this study is to learn whether people living with severe psychiatric disorders can be grouped into more homogeneous subgroups, across usual diagnostic categories, based on two key dimensions: social withdrawal and…
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia / Schizoaffective Disorder, First Episode Psychosis (FEP), Bipolar Disorder (BD), Major Depressive Disorder (MDD
- Trial name
- FRENCH-MINDS (NCT07881016)
- Testing
- 3T Brain MRI, Biological Sampling, Clinical, Cognitive and Digital Assessments
- Where
- 17 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondation FondaMental
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
Depressive Disorder
Cerebral Neuroinflammation During Major Depressive Episode
the investigators make the following assumptions: 1) neuroinflammation in MDD can be measured by the [18 F ] DPA- 714 ; 2) it is accompanied by anatomical and functional changes in the frontal subcortical loops, strongly involved…
- Trial name
- InflaDep (NCT03314155)
- Testing
- Cerebral neuroinflammation evaluation
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Healthy
A Multiple Ascending Dose Study of BCI-838 in Healthy Volunteers
This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of BCI-838 and its metabolite BCI-632 in healthy male and female subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT01548703
- Testing
- BCI-838
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- BrainCells Inc.
Major Depressive Disorder
Treatment Resistant Geriatric Depression in Primary Care
This study involves collaboration between McLean Hospital, Geriatric Medicine at the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) and other sites within the Partners and Harvard Medical School network.
- Trial name
- NCT01392287
- Testing
- Memantine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mclean Hospital
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
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
Major Depressive Disorder
Dopaminergic Effects of Adjunctive Aripiprazole on the Brain in Treatment-Resistant Depression
Aripiprazole has been approved by the FDA for augmenting ineffective/partially effective oral antidepressant therapy in patients suffering from major depression. The mechanism by which this augmentation is achieved is not known.
- Trial name
- NCT00953745
- Testing
- Escitalopram, Aripiprazole
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
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
Depressive Disorder, Major, Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant
NMDA Receptor Antagonist Nitrous Oxide Targets Affective Brain Circuits
Most clinical major depression responds to standard treatments (medication and psychotherapy); however, a significant subset of depressed patients (15-20%) do not respond to these treatments and are referred to as…
- Trial name
- NCT02994433
- Testing
- Nitrous Oxide, MRI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
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
Late Life Depression, Cognitive Decline
Dopaminergic Dysfunction in Late-Life Depression
Late-Life Depression (LLD), or depression in older adults, often presents with motivational deficits, deficits in performance in cognitive domains including processing speed and executive dysfunction, and mobility impairments.
- Conditions
- Late Life Depression, Cognitive Decline, Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant, Levodopa
- Trial name
- D3 (NCT04469959)
- Testing
- L-Dopa
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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
Healthy, Major Depressive Disorder
Gamma Oscillations as a Prognostic Marker for Ketamine Therapy in Treatment Resistant Depression
The core objective of this study is to enhance the translational potential of this electroencephalogram (EEG) biomarker by using ketamine(KET)-induced gamma potentiation as a prognostic marker of 4-week treatment outcome.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Major Depressive Disorder, Treatment Resistant Depression
- Trial name
- NCT06480201
- Testing
- Ketamine, Saline
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Texas A&M University
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Major Depressive Disorder
Repeated Ketamine Infusions for Comorbid PTSD and MDD in Veterans
Co-occurring post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) is the most common response to trauma; it is associated with poor clinical outcomes and substantial human disability.
- Trial name
- NCT04032301
- Testing
- Ketamine, Normal Saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Major Depression Disorder
Molecular Signatures of TMS Response in Treatment-Resistant Depression
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy is an approved and effective treatment option for treatment-resistant depression (TRD).
- Trial name
- PROMET_TMS (NCT07039370)
- Testing
- TMS
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gulhane Training and Research Hospital