drugset / Trial / NCT04414943

Summary

Prenatal depression is an important risk factor of postpartum depression. Low-dose ketamine has been used for depression treatment. As a stereoisomer of ketamine, s-ketamine has similar effects to ketamine in anti-depression. We speculate that, for pregnant women with prenatal depression, low-dose s-ketamine infusion after childbirth may reduce the incidence of postpartum depression.

Timeline

Start
2020-06-19
Primary completion
2022-08-03
Completion
2022-08-03

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper major depressive episode was observed in 6.7% (12/180) of participants in the esketamine group compared with 25.4% (46/181) in the placebo group PMID 38808490 ↗

paper (relative risk 0.26, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.14 to 0.48; P<0.001). PMID 38808490 ↗

Publications

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Esketamine Other / unclassified 0.2 mg/kg Intravenous

Indications