Ceftriaxone in the Management of Bipolar Depression

Summary

We aim to study the efficacy of intravenous ceftriaxone in a four-week, inpatient, placebo-controlled, double-blind study, as an augmentation therapy in patients with bipolar disorder, currently depressed, who have failed to respond to conventional treatments.

Timeline

Start

2007-09

Primary completion

2009-12

Completion

2009-12

Publications

• Background Mineur YS, Picciotto MR, Sanacora G. Antidepressant-like effects of ceftriaxone in male C57BL/6J mice. Biol Psychiatry. 2007 Jan 15;61(2):250-2. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.04.037. Epub 2006 Jul 24.
• Background Rothstein JD, Patel S, Regan MR, Haenggeli C, Huang YH, Bergles DE, Jin L, Dykes Hoberg M, Vidensky S, Chung DS, Toan SV, Bruijn LI, Su ZZ, Gupta P, Fisher PB. Beta-lactam antibiotics offer neuroprotection by increasing glutamate transporter expression. Nature. 2005 Jan 6;433(7021):73-7. doi: 10.1038/nature03180.

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