TerminatedPhase 1Results posted
[11C]-(R)-Rolipram to Measure cAMP Signaling Before and After Ketamine
NCT05522673 · National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Closed to entry
Status
Not accepting participants
Phase 1
Phase
1
Target enrolment
1
Study sites
1 US states
What it is testing
Summary
Background:
Major depressive disorder (MDD) may have many underlying causes. One theory is that brain cells with low levels of a molecule called cyclic AMP (cAMP) may cause depression. A drug called ketamine may increase the levels of cAMP in a person's brain cells.
Objective:
To find out if administering ketamine to people with depression affects cAMP levels in their brains.
Eligibility:
People aged 18 to 70 with MDD who are enrolled in another NIH study that uses ketamine.
Design:
Participants will visit the NIH clinic 5 times in up to 6 weeks. Some of the visits may be spread out over more than 1 day.
Participants will be screened. They will have a physical exam with blood and urine tests. They will have a test of their heart function. They will have a psychiatric evaluation. They will answer questions about their family history and mental health.
Participants will have a positron emission tomography (PET) scan. A small amount of a radioactive drug will be injected into a vein in their arm. Participants will lie on a bed that slides in and out of a doughnut-shaped machine that records images of their brains. They will have their heads in a holder to prevent movement. Each scan will last up to 2 hours.
After their first PET scan, participants will receive ketamine in a different study they are enrolled in. Then they will come back for another PET scan with the radioactive drug.
Participants will also have another scan called an MRI. They will lie on a table that slides into a metal tube. They will lie still for up to an hour....
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
Whole Brain Total Distribution Volume (VT)
Measured over 90 minutes after injection of 11C-R-Rolipram
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 70 Years
Ages
All
Sex
Not accepted
Healthy volunteers
* INCLUSION CRITERIA:
Patients:
In order to be eligible for this study, MDD participants must meet all of the following criteria:
1. Be male or female, aged 18 to 70 years old.
2. Female participants of childbearing potential must be using a medically acceptable means of contraception.
3. Participants must be in good general health as evidenced by medical history and physical examination.
4. Each participant must have a level of understanding sufficient to agree to all required tests and examinations and sign an informed consent document.
5. All participants must have undergone a screening assessment under protocol 01-M-0254, 'The Evaluation of Patients with Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Healthy Participants'.
6. Participants must be enrolled in the ketamine arms of protocols 19-M-0107 'Ketamine and AMPA', 17-M-0060 'Neuropharmacology of Ketamine', or 15-M-0188 'Neurobiology of Suicide'.
7. Participants must fulfill DSM-5 criteria for major depression (MDD) without psychotic features, as based on clinical assessment and structured diagnostic interview (SCID-P).
8. Participants must have an initial score on the MADRS \>= 18 or HAM-D \>= 15 within two weeks of study entry.
9. Participants with stable medical conditions as assessed by their primary care provider (PCP) and/or in-house clinician are permitted to join the study.
10. Patients must qualify for ketamine administration, usually defined as lack of response to two adequate lifetime antidepressant trials, with \[at least\] one in the current major depressive episode, operationally defined using the Antidepressant Treatment History Form (ATHF); a failed adequate trial of ECT \[or TMS\] would count as an adequate antidepressant trial.
11. Participants must have their radial artery pulse checked for the presence of adequate ulnar collateral flow and the absence of any metal or foreign objects in both wrists.
12. Participants must agree to adhere to the lifestyle considerations.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
Participants with MDD who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
1. Clinically significant abnormalities on EKG or laboratory testing. This includes CBC; acute care panel \[Na, K, Cl, CO2, creatinine, glucose, urea nitrogen); hepatic panel (alkaline phosphatase, alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (\[AST), bilirubin total, and bilirubin direct\]; mineral panel (albumin, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus); glucose; prothrombin and partial prothrombin tests.
2. Current psychotic features, a diagnosis of schizophrenia or any other psychotic disorder as defined in the DSM-5.
3. Participants with a history of DSM-5 substance use disorder (except for caffeine or nicotine dependence) within the preceding three months. In addition, participants must not have substance use disorder or alcohol use disorder. However, alcohol or cannabis use by themselves are not exclusion criteria, unless that use affects the function of daily life.
4. Participants who, in the investigator s judgment, pose a current serious suicidal or homicidal risk.
5. Participants who have a history of aggressive behavior towards others.
6. Participants who have an unstable medical condition that, in the opinion of the investigators, makes participation unsafe (e.g., an active infection or untreated malignancy).
7. Are unable to travel to the NIH.
8. Have recent exposure to radiation related to research (e.g., PET from other research) that, when combined with this study, would be above the allowable limits.
9. Have an inability to lie flat and/or lie still on the camera bed for at least two hours, including claustrophobia, overweight greater than the maximum for the scanner, and uncontrollable behavioral symptoms, which will be screened by an interview with the participant during the screening visit.
10. Are unable to have an MRI scan (e.g., because of pacemakers or other implanted electrical devices, brain stimulators, dental implants, aneurysm clips (metal clips on the wall of a large artery), metallic prostheses (including metal pins and rods, heart valves, and cochlear implants), permanent eyeliner, implanted delivery pumps, shrapnel fragments, or metal fragments in the eye.
11. Be National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) staff or an NIH employee who is a subordinate/relative/co-worker of the investigators.
12. Pregnancy
13. HIV infection
Where
1 study site
| Facility | City | Region | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Institutes of Health Clinical Center | Bethesda | Maryland | United States |
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Last updated in the registry 2024-03-05. Registry records change; this page reflects the data build of 2026-08-25.
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