New depression drug SPT-300 enters Mid-Stage trial
NCT ID NCT07065240
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 6 times
Summary
This study tests a new drug called SPT-300 in 360 adults with major depressive disorder, with or without anxiety. Participants will receive either the drug or a placebo for 6 weeks to see if it reduces depression symptoms. The goal is to find a safe and effective new treatment option.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 360 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 to 65 years
- 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: * Participant is a male or female between 18 and 65 years of age, inclusive willing and able and have capacity to provide written informed consent. * Participants must have a primary diagnosis of MDD. Participants with a diagnosis of comorbid generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, or panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia) may be included if not the focus of treatment over the past 6 months prior to Screening and the Investigator considers MDD to be the primary diagnosis at Screening and Baseline. * Eligible participants must have a current depressive episode of at least 4 weeks, but no greater than 18 months in duration prior to Screening. * Women of childbearing potential (WOCP) must not plan to become pregnant during the course of the study or be currently breastfeeding. WOCP agree to use an acceptable form of highly effective contraception during participation in the study and for 30 days after receiving the last dose of study treatment. * Body mass index (BMI) between 18 to 40 kg/m2, inclusive. * Participant is willing and able to refrain from the use of drugs of abuse. Exclusion Criteria: * History of, or current presentation consistent with: 1. any depressive episode with psychotic or catatonic features. 2. any bipolar manic, hypomanic or mixed episode, and substance-induced (e.g., antidepressant-induced) manic, hypomanic/mixed episode. 3. bipolar disorder, including history of bipolar depression, or current presentation consistent with bipolar depression. 4. schizophrenia, schizoaffective, or other psychotic disorder. 5. obsessive-compulsive disorder. 6. any persistent neurocognitive disorder. * History of treatment-resistant depression defined as 2 or more failed treatments of adequate dose and duration in the current depressive episode. * Psychiatric hospitalization within current depressive episode. * Evidence or history of clinically significant diseases which can affect the patients' participation. * Previous history of intolerance or significant adverse effects, including drug allergy to allopregnanolone or any components of the SPT-300/placebo formulation. * Participant has a history of drug or alcohol use disorder. * Participants with a positive test for cannabinoids. * Clinically significant risk of suicide or harm to self or others.
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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
56 sites in 7 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
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Seaport Investigator Site
RECRUITINGChino, California, 91710, United States
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RECRUITINGGarden Grove, California, 92845-2506, United States
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RECRUITINGGlendale, California, 91206, United States
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RECRUITINGRedlands, California, 92373, United States
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RECRUITINGSan Jose, California, 95124, United States
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RECRUITINGCromwell, Connecticut, 06416, United States
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RECRUITINGJacksonville, Florida, 32256, United States
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RECRUITINGLauderhill, Florida, 33319, United States
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RECRUITINGOrlando, Florida, 32801, United States
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RECRUITINGPalm Bay, Florida, 32905, United States
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RECRUITINGWest Palm Beach, Florida, 33407, United States
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RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30328, United States
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RECRUITINGDecatur, Georgia, 30030, United States
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WITHDRAWNMarietta, Georgia, 30060, United States
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RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02116, United States
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WITHDRAWNBoston, Massachusetts, 02131, United States
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RECRUITINGRussells Mills, Massachusetts, 02747, United States
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RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63141, United States
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RECRUITINGBrooklyn, New York, 11235, United States
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RECRUITINGCedarhurst, New York, 11516, United States
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RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10029, United States
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RECRUITINGStaten Island, New York, 10314, United States
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RECRUITINGIndependence, Ohio, 44131, United States
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RECRUITINGNorth Canton, Ohio, 44720, United States
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RECRUITINGAllentown, Pennsylvania, 18104, United States
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RECRUITINGDallas, Texas, 75231, United States
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RECRUITINGIrving, Texas, 75062, United States
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RECRUITINGRichardson, Texas, 75080, United States
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RECRUITINGEverett, Washington, 98201, United States
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RECRUITINGLovech, 5500, Bulgaria
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RECRUITINGPlovdiv, 4004, Bulgaria
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RECRUITINGSofia, 1000, Bulgaria
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WITHDRAWNSofia, 1680, Bulgaria
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RECRUITINGBrno, 602 00, Czechia
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RECRUITINGPilsen, 301 00, Czechia
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RECRUITINGPrague, 100 00, Czechia
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RECRUITINGPrague, 110 00, Czechia
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RECRUITINGPrague, 160 00, Czechia
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RECRUITINGPrague, 186 00, Czechia
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RECRUITINGBerlin, Brandenburg, D-10629, Germany
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RECRUITINGSchwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 19053, Germany
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RECRUITINGBad Homburg, 61348, Germany
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RECRUITINGChemnitz, 09111, Germany
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RECRUITINGBudapest, 1033, Hungary
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RECRUITINGBudapest, 1083, Hungary
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RECRUITINGBudapest, 1134, Hungary
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RECRUITINGBełchatów, 97-400, Poland
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RECRUITINGBialystok, 15-404, Poland
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RECRUITINGBialystok, 15-464, Poland
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RECRUITINGBydgoszcz, 85-080, Poland
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RECRUITINGGdansk, 80-438, Poland
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RECRUITINGKatowice, 40-600, Poland
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RECRUITINGLeszno, 64-100, Poland
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RECRUITINGPoznan, 60-744, Poland
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WITHDRAWNTorun, 87-100, Poland
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RECRUITINGTuszyn, 95-080, Poland
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RECRUITINGWarsaw, 00-124, Poland
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WITHDRAWNWroclaw, 54-617, Poland
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RECRUITINGBratislava, 82007, Slovakia
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RECRUITINGRimavská Sobota, 979 01, Slovakia
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RECRUITINGVranov nad Topľou, 09301, Slovakia
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