Status:

UNKNOWN

Ketamine and Epigenetic Aging

Lead Sponsor:

TruDiagnostic

Collaborating Sponsors:

Wild Health

Conditions:

Depression

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-64 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This is a prospective, clinical pilot study (n=20) to evaluate the impact of a ketamine treatment for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) on epigenetic aging by th...

Detailed Description

Subjects with MDD or PTSD will have a series of six ketamine infusions over two to three weeks.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Be 18-64 years old of any sex, gender orientation, and ethnicity
  • Read, understand, and provide written informed consent in English,
  • Meet criteria for a primary psychiatric diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) or Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for greater than 4 weeks,
  • Have a history of at least 1 failed medication trial targeting MDD or PTSD
  • Have a reliable form of transportation to lodging or home following the completion of each ketamine infusion treatment day,
  • Be generally healthy, as assessed by medical history, physical examination (including vital signs), and clinical laboratory evaluations,
  • Be of non-childbearing potential or utilizing an acceptable form of birth control (females-only)
  • Report a pre-treatment symptom level of ≧15 on the PHQ-9 or ≧ 33 on the PCL-5
  • Consent to participation in venipuncture, drug test, pregnancy test (for females) psychiatric evaluation, rating scale completion and ketamine infusion treatment series of six over the course of two to three weeks.

Exclusion

  • Delirium or dementia diagnosis,
  • Unstable medical illness or clinically significant laboratory results,
  • History of clinically significant cardiovascular disease or electrocardiogram (EKG) findings, or medical conditions that put the patient at high risk for possible cardiac side effects, or uncontrolled hypertension
  • History of multiple adverse drug reactions,
  • Current or past history of psychotic disorder or psychotic symptoms,
  • Current manic symptoms,
  • Active substance use disorders with the exception of nicotine and caffeine, within the past six months or any past history of ketamine or PCP abuse,
  • Requirement of excluded medications that interact with ketamine,
  • Pregnancy, breastfeeding or unacceptable means of birth control in a female of child-bearing age,
  • Current acute suicidal or homicidal risk,
  • Previous exposure to ketamine

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05294835

Start Date

April 1 2022

End Date

December 31 2022

Last Update

September 8 2022

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Wild Health

Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40503