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Neural and Antidepressant Effects of Propofol (Phase 2)

Phase 2
Withdrawn
Conditions
Treatment Resistant Depression
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT03923361
Lead Sponsor
University of Utah
Brief Summary

Moderate-intensity propofol treatments will be administered to participants who are non-responders at the end of Phase 1.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
WITHDRAWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 18-55
  • Diagnosis of major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder
  • Current moderate-to-severe depressive episode
  • Episode duration more than 2 months and less than 5 years
  • Failure of at least 2 adequate antidepressant medication trials within the past 2 years
  • Body mass index < 40
  • 16-item Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology, self-rated > 10
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Contraindication to propofol or midazolam
  • Daily use of benzodiazepine, opioid, ACE inhibitor, or ARB medication
  • Symptomatic coronary artery disease or heart failure
  • Poorly controlled hypertension or diabetes
  • Abnormal kidney or liver function
  • Pregnant or breast feeding
  • Traumatic brain injury or significant neurologic signs (past year)
  • Substance use disorder (past year)
  • Obsessive compulsive disorder (current)
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (current)
  • Schizophrenia-spectrum disorder (lifetime)
  • Neurocognitive disorder (current)
  • Personality disorder as a current focus of treatment
  • ECT within the past 3 months
  • Inappropriate for ECT, or poor response to ECT within the past 5 years
  • Incompetent to provide consent
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PropofolDiprivan-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression3 weeks after baseline

24-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, total score Higher values represent more severe depressive symptoms Maximum score, 76; minimum score, 0 Remission defined as total score \< 10 Response defined as decrease of total score from baseline \> 50%

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Univeristy Neuropsychiatric Institute

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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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