Ketamine for Treatment Resistant Late-Life Depression

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a single infusion of ketamine (KET), to determine which dose is optimal 7 days after infusion using Bayesian Adaptive Randomization, and to learn about how ketamine works in the body and brain in persons with late-life treatment resistant depression.

Timeline

Start

2015-10-01

Primary completion

2020-03-31

Completion

2020-03-31

Publications

• Murphy N, Lijffijt M, Ramakrishnan N, Vo-Le B, Vo-Le B, Iqbal S, Iqbal T, O'Brien B, Smith MA, Swann AC, Mathew SJ. Does mismatch negativity have utility for NMDA receptor drug development in depression? Braz J Psychiatry. 2022 Jan-Feb;44(1):61-73. doi: 10.1590/1516-4446-2020-1685.

Drugs

Indications