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The Safety and Efficacy Of Psilocybin as an Adjunctive Therapy in Participants With Treatment Resistant Depression

NCT04739865 · COMPASS Pathways

Closed to entry
Status
Not accepting participants
Phase 2
Phase
19
Target enrolment
2
Study sites
1 US states

What it is testing

Summary

The Safety and Efficacy of Psilocybin as an Adjunctive Therapy in Participants with Treatment-Resistant Depression

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

  • Improvement in Depressive Symptoms

    Measured over 3 weeks

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: 1. Signed ICF. 2. 18 years of age or older 3. At least moderate MDD 4. Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (17 item) score ≥18 5. Currently receiving treatment with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor 6. Failure to respond to an adequate dose and duration of 2, 3, or 4 pharmacological treatments 7. McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder \<7 at Screening (V1). 8. Ability to complete all protocol required assessment tools without any assistance or alteration to the copyrighted assessments, and to comply with all study visits. Exclusion Criteria: Psychiatric Exclusion Criteria: 1. Current or past history of schizophrenia, psychotic disorder (unless substance induced or due to a medical condition), bipolar disorder, delusional disorder, paranoid personality disorder, schizoaffective disorder, or borderline personality disorder, as assessed by medical history, McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder and a structured clinical interview (version 7.0.2 MINI). 2. Prior electroconvulsive therapy and/or ketamine for current episode. 3. Ongoing use of an antidepressant medication, including augmentation or combination therapies, other than a single SSRI 4. Current psychological therapies that will not remain stable within 21 days of the psilocybin session. Psychological therapies cannot be initiated within 21 days of baseline. 5. Current (within the last year) alcohol or substance use disorder as informed by DSM 5 (diagnosed by MINI 7.0.2) at Screening (V1). 6. Significant suicide risk as defined C-SSRS within the past year 7. Depression secondary to other severe medical conditions according to clinicians' judgement. 8. Other personal circumstances and behaviour judged to be incompatible with establishment of rapport or safe exposure to psilocybin, including exposure to psilocybin within the past year and use of psychedelics, such as ayahuasca, during the current depressive episode. General Medical Exclusion Criteria: 9. Women who are pregnant, nursing or planning a pregnancy. 10. Cardiovascular conditions 11. Uncontrolled or insulin dependent diabetes. 12. Seizure disorder. 13. Positive urine drug screen for illicit drugs or drugs of abuse 14. Current enrolment in any investigational drug or device study or participation in such within 30 days prior to Screening (V1). 15. Current enrolment in another clinical study of an investigational medical or participation in such within 30 days of Screening (V1). 16. Abnormal and clinically significant results on the physical examination, vital signs, ECG or laboratory tests at Screening (V1). 17. Any other clinically significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal or any other major concurrent illness that, in the opinion of the investigator, may interfere with the interpretation of the study results or constitute a health risk for the participant if he/she takes part in the study.

Where

2 study sites

FacilityCityRegionCountry
Kadima Neuropsychiatry InstituteLa JollaCaliforniaUnited States
Sheaf House, Tallaght HospitalDublinIreland

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NCT04739865 on ClinicalTrials.gov →

Last updated in the registry 2023-11-09. Registry records change; this page reflects the data build of 2026-08-25.

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