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2025-12-24 @ 9:08 PM
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2026-02-02 @ 12:39 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT03156504
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2022-03-15
First Post:
2017-05-15
Is Gene Therapy:
True
Has Adverse Events:
True
Brief Title:
The BIO-K Study: A Single-Arm, Open-Label, Biomarker Development Clinical Trial of Ketamine for Non-Psychotic Unipolar Major Depression and Bipolar I or II Depression.
Sponsor:
Organization:
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Change in neurocognitive functioning in patients with treatment-resistant depression with serial intravenous ketamine infusions: The Bio-K multicenter trial. Psychiatry Res. 2024 May;335:115829. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115829. Epub 2024 Feb 28.'}, {'pmid': '38142892', 'type': 'DERIVED', 'citation': 'Parikh SV, Vande Voort JL, Yocum AK, Achtyes E, Goes FS, Nykamp L, Singh B, Lopez-Vives D, Sera CE, Maixner D, Tarnal V, Severe J, Bartek S, Tye SJ, Rico J, Stoppel CJ, Becerra A, Smart L, Miller CR, Frye MA, Greden JF, Bobo WV. Clinical outcomes in the biomarkers of ketamine (Bio-K) study of open-label IV ketamine for refractory depression. J Affect Disord. 2024 Mar 1;348:143-151. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.12.033. 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The investigators will begin by studying the predictive value of mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) target engagement by ketamine using a white blood cell (WBC) assay for antidepressive response to ketamine (Aim 1); however, samples will be used to develop multiple blood-based biomarkers for ketamine antidepressive effects (Aim 2). The investigators will also examine the effect of combining multiple blood-based biomarkers for predicting antidepressive response to ketamine in adults with TRD (Aim 3).\n\nBaseline WBC markers of impaired cellular energy regulation will be associated with measures of clinical response to ketamine (predictive biomarker). Changes in WBC markers of impaired cellular energy regulation will be associated with clinical response to ketamine (change biomarker).'}, 'eligibilityModule': {'sex': 'ALL', 'stdAges': ['ADULT', 'OLDER_ADULT'], 'maximumAge': '65 Years', 'minimumAge': '18 Years', 'healthyVolunteers': False, 'eligibilityCriteria': 'Inclusion criteria:\n\n* Ability to provide informed consent\n* Current psychiatric inpatient (voluntary only) or outpatient treatment\n* Meets Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder, bipolar I disorder, or bipolar II disorder\n* Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) total score \\> 15 at screening and at baseline (just prior to first acute phase ketamine infusion);\n* Treatment-resistant depression, as defined by failure of at least two previous antidepressant or mood stabilizing treatments within the current depressive episode\n* Failed antidepressant or mood stabilizing treatments can include pharmacotherapy for depression at an adequate dose for at least 8 weeks, or an acute series of at least 6 administrations of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)\n* Ability to pass a comprehension assessment test related to effects of ketamine and trial objectives and criteria\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or active psychotic symptoms\n* Ongoing prescription of \\> 4 mg lorazepam equivalents (total) daily, or morning dosing of any benzodiazepine at the time of assessment\n* Currently undergoing ECT, transcranial magnetic stimulation, vagal nerve stimulation, or deep brain stimulation as either an acute or maintenance treatment of depression\n* Any active or unstable medical condition judged by the study psychiatrist as conferring too great a level of medical risk to allow inclusion in the study\n* Use or abuse of methamphetamine, cocaine, cannabis, or stimulants (prescribed and illicit) within the past 12 months\n* Any current abuse or dependence of alcohol or drugs (excluding nicotine and caffeine) Note: Persons will be allowed to enroll in this study if their drug or alcohol abuse/dependence is in complete (not partial) and sustained (\\> 1 year) remission\n* History of traumatic brain injury that resulted in loss of consciousness\n* Developmental delay, mental retardation, or intellectual disorder\n* Clinical or self-reported diagnosis of delirium, encephalopathy, or related clinical diagnosis within the prior 12 months\n* Cognitive disorder (mild and major categories, per DSM-5)\n* Prior participation in another study of ketamine for depression within the prior 6 months\n* History of either poor antidepressive response to or poor tolerability of ketamine (any route of administration) when previously administered for treating symptoms of depression\n* History of hypothyroidism unless taking a stable dose of thyroid medication and asymptomatic for 6 months\n* Significant unstable medical condition\n* Hepatic insufficiency (2.5 X upper limit of normal (ULN) for aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or ALT) within 1 year of consent, past liver transplant recipient, and/or clinical diagnosis of cirrhosis of the liver\n* Pregnancy, or nursing\n* Prisoners\n* Involuntary psychiatric hospitalization'}, 'identificationModule': {'nctId': 'NCT03156504', 'acronym': 'Bio-K', 'briefTitle': 'The BIO-K Study: A Single-Arm, Open-Label, Biomarker Development Clinical Trial of Ketamine for Non-Psychotic Unipolar Major Depression and Bipolar I or II Depression.', 'organization': {'class': 'OTHER', 'fullName': 'Mayo Clinic'}, 'officialTitle': 'The BIO-K Study: A Single-Arm, Open-Label, Biomarker Development Clinical Trial of Ketamine for Non-Psychotic Unipolar Major Depression and Bipolar I or II Depression.', 'orgStudyIdInfo': {'id': '16-009737'}}, 'armsInterventionsModule': {'armGroups': [{'type': 'EXPERIMENTAL', 'label': 'Ketamine', 'description': 'Subjects will receive three IV Ketamine Hydrochloride infusions (0.5 mg/kg, infused over 100 minutes) and measure their depressive symptom responses. 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