Ebselen as an add-on Treatment in Hypo/Mania

Summary

This study evaluates the effect of a 'lithium like' drug called ebselen (SP-1005) versus placebo as an 'add on' treatment to help stabilise hypo/manic symptoms in bipolar disorder. Half of the participants will receive ebselen and the other half placebo. The trial, will last a total of four weeks.

Timeline

Start

2017-10-01

Primary completion

2019-07-09

Completion

2019-07-09

Publications

• Background Masaki C, Sharpley AL, Cooper CM, Godlewska BR, Singh N, Vasudevan SR, Harmer CJ, Churchill GC, Sharp T, Rogers RD, Cowen PJ. Effects of the potential lithium-mimetic, ebselen, on impulsivity and emotional processing. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2016 Jul;233(14):2655-61. doi: 10.1007/s00213-016-4319-5. Epub 2016 Jun 2.
• Background Masaki C, Sharpley AL, Godlewska BR, Berrington A, Hashimoto T, Singh N, Vasudevan SR, Emir UE, Churchill GC, Cowen PJ. Effects of the potential lithium-mimetic, ebselen, on brain neurochemistry: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy study at 7 tesla. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2016 Mar;233(6):1097-104. doi: 10.1007/s00213-015-4189-2. Epub 2016 Jan 12.
• Background Singh N, Sharpley AL, Emir UE, Masaki C, Herzallah MM, Gluck MA, Sharp T, Harmer CJ, Vasudevan SR, Cowen PJ, Churchill GC. Effect of the Putative Lithium Mimetic Ebselen on Brain Myo-Inositol, Sleep, and Emotional Processing in Humans. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2016 Jun;41(7):1768-78. doi: 10.1038/npp.2015.343. Epub 2015 Nov 23.
• Background Singh N, Halliday AC, Thomas JM, Kuznetsova OV, Baldwin R, Woon EC, Aley PK, Antoniadou I, Sharp T, Vasudevan SR, Churchill GC. A safe lithium mimetic for bipolar disorder. Nat Commun. 2013;4:1332. doi: 10.1038/ncomms2320.
• Sharpley AL, Williams C, Holder AA, Godlewska BR, Singh N, Shanyinde M, MacDonald O, Cowen PJ. A phase 2a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, add-on clinical trial of ebselen (SPI-1005) as a novel treatment for mania or hypomania. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2020 Dec;237(12):3773-3782. doi: 10.1007/s00213-020-05654-1. Epub 2020 Sep 9.
• Garland M, Hryckowian AJ, Tholen M, Bender KO, Van Treuren WW, Loscher S, Sonnenburg JL, Bogyo M. The Clinical Drug Ebselen Attenuates Inflammation and Promotes Microbiome Recovery in Mice after Antibiotic Treatment for CDI. Cell Rep Med. 2020 Apr 21;1(1):100005. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2020.100005.

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