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CompletedPhase 2

Efficacy, Safety and Pharmacokinetic Study of Inhaled Esketamine in Treatment-resistant Bipolar Depression

NCT03965871 · Celon Pharma SA

Closed to entry
Status
Not accepting participants
Phase 2
Phase
88
Target enrolment
12
Study sites
Outside the US

What it is testing

Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of inhaled Esketamine in participants with treatment-resistant bipolar depression (TRBD). The study is to determine the efficacy and dose response of three Esketamine doses, compared with 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 at Day 14

    Measured over Day 1 and Day 14

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 65 Years
Ages
All
Sex
Not accepted
Healthy volunteers
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Gender: female or male, 2. Age: 18 - 65 years old, inclusive, on the day of Screening, 3. Participant must meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) diagnostic criteria for depressive episode in Bipolar Disorder (BD) type I or II, without psychotic features, confirmed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), 4. Participant must have in Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) total score of \>= 24 at Screening and predose on Day 1, 5. Participant is treatment resistant in the current episode of depression, defined as having an inadequate response to at least 2 adequate mood stabilizing treatment regimens administered for the sufficient duration and dose and administered in the current episode of depression, 6. Participant in the last mood stabilizing treatment regimen is to be administered at least one of the medication listed in the protocol, 7. Participant's last mood stabilizing treatment regimen is to be without antidepressant drugs from the class: SSRI, SNRI, TCA, MAOI or NaSSA, 8. Participant must be on stable mood stabilizing treatment regimen (listed in the protocol), remain non-responsive to it and continue the treatment from Screening to at least the duration of the double-blind treatment phase, 9. Participant's other drugs taken as a standard treatment for bipolar disorder, but not for depressive episode treatment, are to be allowed and may be continued through the study and it's administration is up to Investigator discretion, 10. Participant agrees to be hospitalized voluntarily for a period of 12 h before first administration and until the end of treatment phase on Day 14, 11. Participant must be medically stable on the basis of clinical laboratory tests, physical examination, vital signs, 12-lead ECG, 12. Participant agrees to blood sample collection for DNA analysis, 13. Participant of childbearing potential willing to use acceptable forms of contraception. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Participant has a current DSM-5 diagnosis, according to MINI, of any other than BD disorder, 2. Participant has a BD with a rapid-cycling course (≥ 4 episodes per year), 3. Participant has in Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) total score of greater than 12 at Screening and every other assessment, 4. Participant has suicidal ideation in MADRS 'suicidal thoughts' subscale score greater or equal to 2 and/or in C-SSRS score greater or equal to 4 at Screening and/or has a history of suicidal thoughts within 6 months prior to Screening and/or history of suicidal attempt within 1 year prior to Screening, 5. Participant has a history or current signs and symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, liver or renal insufficiency, significant cardiac, vascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, endocrine, hematologic, neurologic, rheumatologic or metabolic disturbances that are uncontrolled with medication change during last three months before Screening and/or that could influence the present general health condition at the Investigator's discretion, 6. Participant has uncontrolled hypertension, 7. Upper respiratory tract and/or chest infection and/or inflammation within 2 weeks preceding the first administration and during the treatment phase, 8. Participant took part in other clinical trial within 90 days preceding the Screening, 9. Known allergy or hypersensitivity, intolerance or contraindication to Esketamine/ketamine or its derivatives and/or to any study product excipients, 10. Blood drawn within 30 days prior to inclusion to the study, 11. History of drug, alcohol, chemical, sedatives or sleeping medications abuse or dependence (except nicotine or caffeine) within 2 years prior to Screening, 12. Lifetime abuse or dependence on ketamine or phencyclidine, 13. Positive results from pregnancy test for female participants, 14. Lactation in female participants, 15. Positive drug screen (except benzodiazepines evaluation during follow-up) or alcohol breath test.

Where

12 study sites

FacilityCityRegionCountry
Wojewodzki Szpital im. Jana Pawła IIBełchatówPoland
Wojewodzki Szpital dla Nerwowo i Psychicznie ChorychBolesławiecPoland
Samodzielny Publiczny Psychiatryczny Zaklad Opieki ZdrowotnejChoroszczPoland
Szpital MiejskiElblagPoland
Uniwersyteckie Centrum KliniczneGdanskPoland
Wojewodzki Szpital dla Nerwowo i Psychicznie ChorychGmina ŚwieciePoland
Gornoslaskie Centrum MedyczneKatowicePoland
Specjalistyczny Psychiatryczny Zespol Opieki ZdrowotnejLodzPoland
Pabianickie Centrum MedycznePabianicePoland
Mazowieckie Specjalistyczne Centrum ZdrowiaPruszkówPoland
Mazowiecki Szpital i Centrum Diagnostyczne AllenortWarsawPoland
Uniwersytecki Szpital KlinicznyWroclawPoland

On the registry

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NCT03965871 on ClinicalTrials.gov →

Last updated in the registry 2021-03-19. Registry records change; this page reflects the data build of 2026-08-25.

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