Does the setting shape Ketamine's effect on depression?
NCT ID NCT07824973
First seen Sep 17, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers compare two ways of presenting intravenous ketamine to people with treatment-resistant depression: a psychedelic framing with music, eye masks, and inner-experience support, versus a biomedical framing with standard clinical support. The trial measures changes in depressive symptoms over 12 weeks, along with response and remission rates. About 120 participants prescribed ketamine for depression will take part.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- intravenous ketamine
- What this could lead to
- If framing matters, clinics could adjust how they present ketamine therapy to improve depression outcomes without changing the drug itself.
- What could go wrong
- This is an open-label trial, so participants know which framing they receive, which can bias results. The findings may not apply to other clinics or depression treatments.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Prescribed ketamine treatment for depression * Able to understand study information and provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: \- Patients who do not meet the inclusion criteria
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Brain Stimulation Clinic, Skaraborg's Hospital
Skövde, Västra Götaland County, 54160, Sweden
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