Scientists probe Brain's role in Ketamine's Fast-Acting depression relief

NCT ID NCT03973268

Summary

This study aims to understand how ketamine, a drug known to relieve depression symptoms within hours, works in the brain. Researchers will test whether blocking a specific brain receptor (called AMPA) reduces ketamine's antidepressant effects. About 70 adults with major depression that hasn't improved with standard treatments will stay at a research center for 5 weeks to undergo brain scans, tests, and receive ketamine infusions with either a test drug or a placebo.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

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Locations

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

    RECRUITING

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States

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