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CompletedPhase 1

Ketamine for Low Mood States in the ER

NCT01209845 · Yale University

Closed to entry
Status
Not accepting participants
Phase 1
Phase
14
Target enrolment
1
Study sites
1 US states

What it is testing

Summary

The investigators hope to see if a commonly used drug such as ketamine could help depressed ER patients feel better and improve their mood quickly.

Summary as written by the trial’s own sponsor and published on ClinicalTrials.gov API v2. It is the sponsor’s description, reproduced unedited, not an assessment by this site.

What counts as success

Primary outcome measures

  • Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)

    Measured over 40, 80, 120, 240 minutes after administration of drug

A trial succeeds or fails on its primary outcome, declared in advance. Everything else it reports is secondary by definition.

Who can take part

Eligibility, as published

18 Years
Ages
All
Sex
Not accepted
Healthy volunteers
Inclusion Criteria: * adults (\>18yrs) presenting to the Emergency department with symptoms of depression and/or suicide ideation (MADRS\>30) with ability to give informed consent. * medically stable Exclusion Criteria: * psychosis, bipolar, or other significant physical or mental illness * pregnancy * non-voluntary status * urine drug screen positive for drugs of abuse

Where

1 study site

FacilityCityRegionCountry
Yale New Haven Hospital Emergency DepartmentNew HavenConnecticutUnited States

On the registry

Contact the trial directly

This site does not enrol anyone and is not involved in this trial. To ask about taking part, use the sponsor’s own contact details on the official registry record, which is also where the most current version of everything above lives.

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NCT01209845 on ClinicalTrials.gov →

Last updated in the registry 2020-08-24. Registry records change; this page reflects the data build of 2026-08-25.

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