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Active, not recruitingPhase 3

Psilocybin for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

NCT06308653 · uAspire · Usona Institute

Closed to entry
Status
Not accepting participants
Phase 3
Phase
238
Target enrolment
29
Study sites
17 US states

What it is testing

Summary

Approximately 240 eligible adult participants (≥18 years old) who meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR) criteria for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) will be enrolled. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive a single oral dose of Psilocybin 25 mg, Psilocybin 5 mg, or inactive placebo. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of Psilocybin 25 mg versus placebo in adults with MDD, as assessed by the difference between groups in change in depressive symptoms from Baseline to Day 43 post-dose, and to characterize the durability of initial treatment effect and subsequent response to optional Psilocybin 25 mg re-administration(s) during the 1-year Follow-up Period.

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 in central rater Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) total score from Baseline to Trial Day 43

    Measured over From Trial Baseline to Trial Day 43

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 ≥18 years old. * Able to swallow capsules. * If of childbearing potential, agree to practice an effective means of birth control throughout the duration of the study. * Meet the DSM-5-TR criteria for a diagnosis of major depressive disorder and are currently experiencing a major depressive episode of at least a 60-day duration at the time of Screening. * Have at least moderate severity of depression symptoms at Screening and Trial Baseline. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants who are pregnant, who intend to become pregnant during the trial, or who are currently nursing. * Have any of the following cardiovascular conditions: coronary artery disease, congenital long QT syndrome, cardiac hypertrophy, cardiac ischemia, congestive heart failure, clinically-relevant valvular heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, myocardial infarction, a clinically significant ECG abnormality, or tachycardia. * Have elevated blood pressure. * Have neurological conditions such as stroke, including transient ischemic attack, epilepsy, neurodegenerative disease (e.g., dementia, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, etc.), or brain tumor. * Have severe hepatic or renal impairment. * Have uncontrolled diabetes mellitus or unstable existing thyroid disorder. * Are hepatitis or HIV positive. * Have a positive urine drug test for illicit, non-prescribed, or prohibited substances. * Meet DSM-5-TR criteria for schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorders, including major depressive disorder with psychotic features ,bipolar disorder (types 1 or 2), antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder or moderate or severe alcohol or drug use disorder * Meet DSM-5-TR criteria for active post-traumatic stress disorder within 6 months prior to Screening. * Have a first-degree relative with schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorders, or bipolar I disorder.

Where

29 study sites

FacilityCityRegionCountry
University of Alabama Clinical Research UnitBirminghamAlabamaUnited States
Preferred Research Partners-NWA, LLCFayettevilleArkansasUnited States
Preferred Research Partners, Inc.Little RockArkansasUnited States
Kadima Neuropsychiatry InstituteLa JollaCaliforniaUnited States
West LA VA Medical Center - Mental Health DepartmentLos AngelesCaliforniaUnited States
Pacific Neuroscience Institute (PNI) at Saint John's Physician PartnersSanta MonicaCaliforniaUnited States
Psychedelic Science InstituteSanta MonicaCaliforniaUnited States
Mountain View Clinical ResearchDenverColoradoUnited States
Connecticut Mental Health Center, Yale UniversityNew HavenConnecticutUnited States
Clinical Neuroscience Solutions Inc.JacksonvilleFloridaUnited States
Innovative Clinical Research, Inc.LauderhillFloridaUnited States
Clinical Neuroscience Solutions, Inc.OrlandoFloridaUnited States
Emory UniversityAtlantaGeorgiaUnited States
CenExel iResearch, LLCDecaturGeorgiaUnited States
Great Lakes Clinical TrialsChicagoIllinoisUnited States
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness ResearchBaltimoreMarylandUnited States
Sunstone Medical PCRockvilleMarylandUnited States
Washington University School of MedicineSt LouisMissouriUnited States
VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care SystemOmahaNebraskaUnited States
Global Medical Institutes, LLC; Princeton Medical InstitutePrincetonNew JerseyUnited States
University of New Mexico (UNM) Interdisciplinary Substance Use and Brain Injury (ISUBI) CenterAlbuquerqueNew MexicoUnited States
NYU Clinical & Translational Science InstituteNew YorkNew YorkUnited States
Bronx Veterans Research Foundation at the James J. Peters VAMCThe BronxNew YorkUnited States
AIM Trials, LLCPlanoTexasUnited States
Clinical Trials of Texas, LLCSan AntonioTexasUnited States
Cedar Clinical ResearchDraperUtahUnited States
Cedar Clinical Research, Inc.MurrayUtahUnited States
Seattle Neuropsychiatric Treatment CenterBellevueWashingtonUnited States
VA Portland Health Care SystemVancouverWashingtonUnited States

On the registry

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NCT06308653 on ClinicalTrials.gov →

Last updated in the registry 2026-07-23. Registry records change; this page reflects the data build of 2026-08-25.

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