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A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Flexible Doses of Intranasal Esketamine Plus an Oral Antidepressant in Adult Participants With Treatment-resistant Depression

NCT02418585 · TRANSFORM-2 · Janssen Research & Development, LLC

Closed to entry
Status
Not accepting participants
Phase 3
Phase
236
Target enrolment
48
Study sites
9 US states

What it is testing

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of switching treatment-resistant depression (TRD) subjects from a prior antidepressant treatment (to which they have not responded) to either intranasal esketamine plus a new oral antidepressant or switching to a new oral antidepressant plus intranasal placebo.

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

  • Change From Baseline in Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) Total Score up to Day 28 in the Double-blind Induction Phase- Mixed-Effects Model Using Repeated Measures (MMRM) Analysis

    Measured over Baseline up to Day 28 of Double-blind Induction Phase

  • Change From Baseline in Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) Total Score up to Endpoint (Double-blind Induction Phase [Day 28])- Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) Analysis

    Measured over Baseline up to Endpoint (Double-blind Induction Phase [Day 28])

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 to 64 Years
Ages
All
Sex
Not accepted
Healthy volunteers
Inclusion Criteria: * At the time of signing the informed consent form (ICF), participant must be a man or woman 18 (or older if the minimum legal age of consent in the country in which the study is taking place is greater than \[\>\]18) to 64 years of age, inclusive * At the start of the screening/prospective observational phase, participant must meet the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) diagnostic criteria for single-episode major depressive disorder (MDD) (if single-episode MDD, the duration must be greater than or equal to \[\>=\] 2 years) or recurrent MDD, without psychotic features, based upon clinical assessment and confirmed by the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) * At the start of the screening/prospective observational phase, participant must have an Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Clinician rated ( IDS-C30) total score of greater than or equal to (\>=) 34 * At the start of the screening/prospective observational phase, participant must have had non-response (greater than or equal to \[\<=25\] percent \[%\] improvement) to ≥1 but less than or equal to (\<=) 5 (if current episode is \>2 years, upper limit is applicable to only the last 2 years) oral antidepressant treatments in the current episode of depression, assessed using the Massachusetts General Hospital - Antidepressant Treatment Response Questionnaire (MGH-ATRQ) and documented by medical history and pharmacy/prescription records, for the current episode of depression. In addition, the participant is taking a different oral antidepressant treatment (on the MGH-ATRQ) for at least the previous 2 weeks at or above the minimum therapeutic dose * The participant's current major depressive episode, depression symptom severity (Week 1 MADRS total score \>=28 required), and antidepressant treatment response in the current depressive episode, must be confirmed using a Site Independent Qualification Assessment Exclusion Criteria: * Participants who have previously demonstrated nonresponse of depressive symptoms to esketamine or ketamine in the current major depressive episode, to all 4 of the oral antidepressant treatment options available for the double-blind induction phase (ie, duloxetine, escitalopram, sertraline, and venlafaxine extended release \[XR\]) in the current major depressive episode (based on MGH-ATRQ), or an adequate course of treatment with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the current major depressive episode, defined as at least 7 treatments with unilateral/bilateral ECT * Participant has received vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) or has received deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the current episode of depression * Participant has a current or prior DSM-5 diagnosis of a psychotic disorder or MDD with psychosis, bipolar or related disorders (confirmed by the MINI), comorbid obsessive compulsive disorder, intellectual disability (DSM-5 diagnostic codes 317, 318.0, 318.1, 318.2, 315.8, and 319), borderline personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, or narcissistic personality disorder * Participant has homicidal ideation/intent, per the investigator's clinical judgment, or has suicidal ideation with some intent to act within 6 months prior to the start of the screening/prospective observational phase, per the investigator's clinical judgment or based on the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) * Participants with history of moderate or severe substance or alcohol use disorder according to DSM-5 criteria

Where

48 study sites

FacilityCityRegionCountry
BirminghamAlabamaUnited States
OrangeCaliforniaUnited States
San RafaelCaliforniaUnited States
MaitlandFloridaUnited States
AtlantaGeorgiaUnited States
ChicagoIllinoisUnited States
GaithersburgMarylandUnited States
BostonMassachusettsUnited States
PhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUnited States
DallasTexasUnited States
KlecanyCzechia
LitoměřiceCzechia
PilsenCzechia
PragueCzechia
PřerovCzechia
BerlinGermany
ChamGermany
DresdenGermany
GelsenkirchenGermany
HalleGermany
LeipzigGermany
MainzGermany
MannheimGermany
MittweidaGermany
PfaffenhofenGermany
Prien am ChiemseeGermany
TübingenGermany
BialystokPoland
BydgoszczPoland
GdanskPoland
KrakowPoland
MysłowicePoland
PruszkówPoland
TorunPoland
TuszynPoland
WarsawPoland
AlcorcónSpain
BarcelonaSpain
CórdobaSpain
MálagaSpain
MóstolesSpain
MurciaSpain
PalmaSpain
PamplonaSpain
SabadellSpain
SalamancaSpain
Santa Coloma de GramanetSpain
Vitoria-GasteizSpain

On the registry

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NCT02418585 on ClinicalTrials.gov →

Last updated in the registry 2025-04-29. Registry records change; this page reflects the data build of 2026-08-25.

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