Ketamine for suicidal thoughts in depression
Treatments studied
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This study tests whether ketamine can help reduce suicidal thoughts in people with depression. It also looks at how ketamine affects a brain receptor that may be linked to mood and stress, to learn why it might help.
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Who can take part
- You must have a current major depressive episode (unipolar depression).
- You must not have ever misused or been dependent on ketamine.
- You must not have certain heart rhythm problems or uncontrolled high blood pressure.
- You must not have bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or schizoaffective disorder.
- You must not have used antidepressants in the last 14 days (or 6 weeks for fluoxetine), or benzodiazepines in the last day.
- You must not be pregnant, planning pregnancy, or breastfeeding.
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