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Status unknownNCT01573741Updated May 4, 2012

Study of Ketamine as an Antidepressant in Major Depressive Disorder

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Ketamine in Major Depressive Disorder, sponsored by Shi Jinyun. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2012-05-04.

Sponsored by Shi Jinyun · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Apr 2012), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
35
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Primary Outcome Measures:

Evaluate the changes in neuroimaging and biochemistry measures with ketamine treatment.

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Evaluate the effects of ketamine on depression symptoms, manic symptoms, global change in psychiatric symptoms, and suicidal ideation.

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Conditions studied

  • Major Depressive Disorder

Keywords

  • depressive ketamine antidepressant
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In context

Depressive Disorder

4,845 studies on the registry are indexed under Depressive Disorder; 514 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 35 is below the median of 80 across 3,999 interventional studies indexed under Depressive Disorder.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Shi Jinyun as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:Male patients, ages 18 to 65 years with a diagnosis of MDD, currently depressed or in a current major depressive episode of BD without psychotic features will be recruited into this substudy.

Current or past history of lack of response to one adequate antidepressant trial, operationally defined using the Antidepressant Treatment History Form (ATHF); a failed adequate trial of ECT would count as an adequate antidepressant trial.

Exclusion Criteria:Subjects with a history of DSM-IV drug or alcohol dependency or abuse (except for caffeine or nicotine dependence) within the preceding 3 months. In addition, subjects who currently are using oher antidepressant drugs in the 2 weeks prior to screen and must have a negative alcohol and drug urine test (except for prescribed benzodiazepines) urine test at screening.

Serious, unstable illnesses including hepatic, renal, gastroenterologic, respiratory, cardiovascular (including ischemic heart disease), endocrinologic, neurologic, immunologic, or hematologic disease.

Presence of any medical illness likely to alter brain morphology and/or physiology (e.g., hypertension, diabetes) even if controlled by medications.

Clinically significant abnormal laboratory tests.

Subjects with clinical hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism.

Subjects with one or more seizures without a clear and resolved etiology.

Presence of metallic (ferromagnetic) implants (e.g, heart pacemaker, aneurysm clip).

Subjects who, in the investigator's judgment, pose a current serious suicidal or homicidal risk, or who have a MADRS item 10 score

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
35 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    ketamine,four hours monitoring hydrochloride injection

    a single infusion of ketamine hydrochloride (0.5 mg/kg) infused over 40 minutes

    Drug: Ketamine

Interventions

  • DrugKetamine

    a single infusion of ketamine hydrochloride (0.5 mg/kg) infused over 40 minutes

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. all cause remission

    Evaluate the effects of ketamine on depression symptoms, manic symptoms, global change in psychiatric symptoms, and suicidal ideation by MADRS,HDRS and SSI.

    Time frame: 7day

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • The PLA 102nd Hospital and mental health center of military
    Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, China
    • Qin zhi Gao, MD · Contact · gzq_102@hotmail.com · 0519-83064728
    • Bai song Ding, MD · Sub investigator
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 4, 2012, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01573741
Lead sponsor
Shi Jinyun
Responsible party
Shi Jinyun (Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing, Jinling Hospital, China) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Apr 9, 2012
Start date
Feb 2012
Primary completion
Dec 2012 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 2013 (estimated)
Last update
May 4, 2012

Study contacts

Qin zhi Gao, MD
Contact
gzq_102@hotmail.com
051983064728
Song bai ding, MD
Contact
dingsongbai@sohu.com
051983064728
Jianjun Yang, Dr
study chair · Department of Anesthesiology, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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