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A Study to Evaluate SAGE-217 in Participants With Moderate to Severe Major Depressive Disorder
Description

This is a two-part (open-label followed by double-blind) study evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of SAGE-217 in 102 participants diagnosed with moderate to severe Major Depressive Disorder.

Conditions

Major Depression

N-methyl-D-aspartate Antagonist (Ketamine) Augmentation of Electroconvulsive Treatment for Severe Major Depression
Description

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), is considered the most effective treatment for severe treatment resistant major depressive disorder (MDD), but it requires about 3 weeks of treatments and can cause considerable acute deficits in memory. It would be a major advance in treatment if ECT could work faster with fewer treatments and result in decrease incidence of memory problems. Ketamine is an excellent candidate for augmentation of ECT because of its acute effects on depression, its short half-life, and its safety profile when given at low doses. Ketamine is given as an infusion and could easily be incorporated into the routine management of patients undergoing ECT, but has never been evaluated prospectively in this context. The investigators propose to assess the efficacy, feasibility, tolerability and safety of N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist augmentation of ECT using ketamine.

Conditions

Major Depressive Disorder

AZD6765 Severe Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) IV
Description

The purpose of this research study is to determine whether AZD6765 has an effect on the patient's depression when taken together with current depression medication. In addition, information will be gathered on how well AZD6765 is tolerated, investigate the levels of AZD6765 and the levels of the current depression medication in the blood. In addition, the research staff will determine if AZD6765 has any mood or calming effects (how you feel).

Conditions

Major Depressive Disorder

Treatment of Outpatients With Severe Asthma and Moderate or Severe Major Depressive Disorder
Description

The purpose is to determine if: 1) Escitalopram treatment will be associated with less oral corticosteroid use than placebo in outpatients with severe asthma and moderate or severe major depressive disorder (MDD). 2) Escitalopram treatment will be associated with greater improvement in asthma symptoms than placebo in outpatients with severe asthma and moderate or severe MDD. 3) Escitalopram treatment will be associated with greater depressive symptom remission rates than placebo in outpatients with severe asthma and moderate or severe MDD.

Conditions

Severe Asthma, Moderate or Severe Major Depressive Disorder

Ketogenic Diet Intervention in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder: Deep Omic Profiling
Description

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to be adequately powered to evaluate the effect of ketogenic metabolic therapy on the quality of life in serious mental illness, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder.

Conditions

Schizophrenia, Schizophrenia and Related Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar and Related Disorders, Major Depressive Disorder, Major Depression Severe, Ketogenic Dieting, Ketosis, Metabolic Disease, Metabolic Syndrome

Adapting the Tumor Board Model for Mental Illness and Cancer
Description

This study examines the feasibility and acceptability of a virtual tumor board for cancer and mental illness for patients with serious mental illness and a new cancer diagnosis. The study also examines the impact on patient care, psychiatric symptoms, and clinician self-efficacy in managing this population.

Conditions

Cancer, Severe Major Depression, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Genitourinary Cancer

Bridge: Proactive Psychiatry Consultation and Case Management for Patients With Cancer
Description

The purpose of this research is to understand if it is helpful for patients with mental illness to be connected to a psychiatrist and case manager at the time of cancer diagnosis.

Conditions

Cancer, Severe Major Depression, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer

MRS and Medication Response: A Pilot Study
Description

We hope to demonstrate that magnetic resonance spectroscopy can detect brain concentration levels of paroxetine (Paxil) or citalopram (Celexa) or escitalopram (Lexapro) in depressed patients.

Conditions

Major Depressive Disorder, Major Depressive Episode, Major Depressive Disorder, Recurrent, Major Depression Mild, Major Depression Moderate, Major Depression Severe

Naltrexone for Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain
Description

This study is designed to look at the effects of naltrexone on weight loss in individuals treated with antipsychotic medications. Naltrexone is an FDA approved medication for the management of alcohol dependence and drug dependence, but has not been fully evaluated for its effect on weight loss in individuals with severe mental illness (i.e. schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder etc.) The purpose of this study is to find out how effective two different doses of oral naltrexone is on reducing body weight when compared to placebo (an inactive substance or "sugar pill").

Conditions

Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizophreniform Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Severe Major Depression With Psychotic Features

Study of Lurasidone in Treating Antipsychotic Naive or Quasi-Naive Children and Adolescents
Description

The overarching purpose of this pilot study is to collect preliminary data regarding the variability of weight gain associated with lurasidone (Latuda©) treatment of antipsychotic naive children and adolescents in order to inform decisions about including a lurasidone arm in a future large scale trial of different approaches to minimize antipsychotic associated weight gain in the pediatric population. In adults, lurasidone appears to cause minimal weight gain. The participants will be 6-19 years old with psychotic spectrum, mood spectrum, or autism spectrum disorders. They will have 4 weeks or less of lifetime antipsychotic exposure.

Conditions

Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizophreniform Disorder, Psychosis NOS, Autistic Disorder, Asperger Syndrome, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive, Bipolar I Disorder, Bipolar II Disorder, Mood Disorder NOS, Severe Major Depression With Psychotic Features, Single Episode Major Depression Without Psychotic Symptoms, Severe Mood Disorder With Psychotic Features

Psychosis: Early Detection, Intervention and Prevention
Description

The primary aim of this application is to conduct a randomized, controlled clinical trial of a specialized mental health service delivery system specifically developed for prodromal psychotic disorders. The intervention is Family-aided Assertive Community Treatment (FACT). The goal of the treatment is prevention of psychosis and disability. This study will assess experimentally the clinical effectiveness of this new type of mental health service. Other domains of outcome include cognitive dysfunction and functional disability.

Conditions

Prodromal Schizophrenia, Psychotic Disorders, Severe Bipolar Disorder With Psychotic Features, Severe Major Depression With Psychotic Features

A Study of Mifepristone vs. Placebo in the Treatment of Patients With Major Depression With Psychotic Features
Description

Approximately 450 patients will be randomized to receive mifepristone or placebo for 7 days followed by antidepressant. The purpose is to compare the efficacy of mifepristone followed by antidepressant versus placebo followed by antidepressant in reducing psychotic symptoms in patients with a diagnosis of psychotic depression.

Conditions

Psychotic Depression, Severe Major Depression With Psychotic Features, Psychosis

Practical Application of Accelerated iTBS for MDD
Description

The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of accelerated iTBS in adults diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder. The main question it aims to answer is: What is the efficacy and tolerability of an accelerated iTBS regimen without radiological imaging in adults who have been diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder and experience treatment resistant symptoms? Participants will complete 36 iTBS treatments in an accelerated schedule over five days. They will also complete several clinical assessments throughout their enrollment to evaluate their depressive symptoms and response to treatment.

Conditions

Major Depressive Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Recurrent Episode, Severe, Major Depressive Disorder, Recurrent, Moderate

Individualized Non-invasive Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
Description

The purpose of this research study is to study a closed-loop transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) device to evaluate feasibility of the product in a clinical trial and collect preliminary data on potential effects on symptoms of depression in people with major depressive disorder.

Conditions

Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation

Study to Evaluate TNX-601 ER Monotherapy Versus Placebo in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Description

This is a Phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of TNX-601 ER monotherapy versus placebo in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).

Conditions

Depression, Depressive Disorder, Depressive Symptoms, Depressive Disorder, Major, Depressive Episode, Depression Severe

Brain Stimulation for Severe Depression
Description

Chronic intracalvarial cortical stimulation is a minimally invasive method involving the neurosurgical placement of an electrode above the inner table of the skull. Over time, intracalvarial cortical stimulation is intermittently activated to modulate locally and distally connected brain regions. Because of the important role played by the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in mood regulation, the goal of this study is to apply intracalvarial prefrontal cortical stimulation (IpCS) over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in severely treatment-resistant depressed (TRD) patients. Per the DSM-V and Centre for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) nomenclatures, TRD patients are commonly defined as those whose treatment failed to produce response or remission after 2 or more attempts of sufficient duration and treatment dose. In the investigator's study, eligible TRD subjects will have a diagnosis of major depressive disorder with a suboptimal response to an adequate dose and duration of at least two different antidepressant treatment categories. These subjects will also have had exposure and transiently (non-durably) responded to non-invasive neurostimulation. The investigator anticipates that severely Treatment Resistant Depressed (TRD) Subjects with IpCS of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex will show a significant decrease in depression symptoms as measured by the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) at four months post-implant when compared to baseline. The investigator will enroll up to 20 subjects with severe refractory depression in an open trial, followed for up to one year. Depressive and cognitive symptoms will be rated periodically to assess the safety and efficacy of this procedure.

Conditions

Depression Severe

A Study of Aticaprant 10 mg as Adjunctive Therapy in Adult Participants With Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) With Moderate-to-severe Anhedonia and Inadequate Response to Current Antidepressant Therapy and Long-term Extension Treatment With Aticaprant
Description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how well aticaprant works as compared with placebo when given along with an antidepressant therapy in improving the depressive symptoms in adult participants with major depressive disorder (MDD) with moderate to severe anhedonia (ANH+) who have not responded well to current antidepressant therapy with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor/serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SSRI or SNRI).

Conditions

Depressive Disorder, Major, Anhedonia

A Study of Aticaprant as Adjunctive Therapy in Adult Participants With Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) With Moderate-to-severe Anhedonia and Inadequate Response to Current Antidepressant Therapy
Description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of aticaprant compared with placebo as adjunctive therapy to an antidepressant in improving depressive symptoms in adult participants with major depressive disorder (MDD) with moderate-to-severe anhedonia (ANH+) who have had an inadequate response to current antidepressant therapy with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) or serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI).

Conditions

Depressive Disorder, Major, Anhedonia

Personalized Ultrasonic Brain Stimulation for Depression (R61)
Description

This study will evaluate a new form of non-invasive brain stimulation for individuals with depression. Personalized low-intensity transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation will be delivered using a range of stimulation parameters during psychological and physiological monitoring. Individualized optimal targets will be selected using structural MRI and diffusion tractography. Brain target engagement will be evaluated using functional MRI.

Conditions

Major Depressive Episode, Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant Major Depressive Disorder

Preliminary Efficacy Trial of a Digital Intervention for Depression and Cannabis Use
Description

The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a digital intervention for co-occurring cannabis use and depression. Participants will be randomized to complete Amplification of Positivity - Cannabis Use (AMP-C) or symptom tracking. The main outcomes will include participant acceptability and usability ratings, completion rates and compliance, positive affect, substance use, and depression severity.

Conditions

Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Cannabis Use Disorder, Mental Disorder

A Megastudy of Single-Session Interventions for Depression
Description

This project aims to learn if new kinds of digital single-session interventions (SSIs) for depression could be effective for American adults. Many existing SSIs are delivered in a simple text-based format. However, it might be that different kinds of SSIs (in terms of both content and style) also have potential for scalable impact. Specifically, this study will investigate the effectiveness of 11 innovative SSIs by comparing them to a passive control and to an existing SSI with established efficacy.

Conditions

Depression - Major Depressive Disorder

Development of Attentional Biases for Affective Cues in Infants of Mothers with Depression
Description

The goal of this study is to examine attentional biases for facial displays of emotion as a mechanism of risk in infants of mothers with postpartum major depression, and the potential role of infant arousal in the development of these attentional biases.

Conditions

Depression - Major Depressive Disorder

Modulating Spinal Interoceptive Pathways to Evaluate Their Role and Therapeutic Potential in MDD Symptomatic Domains
Description

Spinal interoceptive pathways (SIPs) convey bodily signals to an interoceptive system in the brain and their dysregulation is linked to major depressive disorder (MDD). Current treatments are partially effective and the role of SIPs in MDD is vastly unexplored. Preliminary data suggests that SIPs are feasible therapeutic targets in MDD. The central hypothesis is that non-invasive spinal cord stimulation will modulate SIPs to elucidate their role and therapeutic potential in MDD using an R61/33 phased innovation approach. R61 phase specific aims (SA). The specific goal will be to evaluate spinal and brain-based SIPs target engagement markers of transcutaneous spinal direct current stimulation (tsDCS) in MDD with two SAs: SA1) To determine tsDCS SIPs modulation using laser-evoked potentials (LEPs) as electroencephalography (EEG)- based neural measures of target engagement. SA2) To evaluate optimal tsDCS dose based upon tolerability and SIPs target engagement markers. Anodal tsDCS will be evaluated as a tool to modulate SIPs in MDD. SIPs (Aδ and C fibers) can be evaluated via LEPs as neural measures (EEG) elicited in MDD-relevant brain regions within an interoceptive system. Prior data shows anodal tsDCS inhibits SIPs and LEPs N2 component will be assessed as tsDCS engagement markers. Adults with MDD (n=67) will participate in a double-blind, crossover, sham-controlled study to evaluate tsDCS at 0,2.5,3, and 3.5 mA. The working hypothesis is that tsDCS will induce a change in LEPs (SA1) in a dose-dependent and tolerable manner (SA2), supporting their use as SIPs engagement markers. Go/No-Go milestones: Compared to sham, the active tsDCS dose that induces a change in LEPs at a preestablished threshold will be evidence of SIPs engagement and "Go" criteria for the R33 phase.

Conditions

Depression - Major Depressive Disorder

Meditative Neurofeedback for Depression
Description

The goal of this open-label single-arm study is to test a meditative neurofeedback intervention for depressed mood.

Conditions

Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Depression Disorders

Sleep/Wake Cycle and Depression: An Imaging and Treatment Study
Description

16.2 million American adults are affected by depression each year. The investigators are studying the relationship between sleep/wake cycle and depression. Mounting evidence suggests that abnormalities in circadian rhythms (biological changes that happen over the course of the day or night) are related to mood disorders. This may explain why people with depression frequently suffer with sleeping problems. The purpose of this study is to understand how circadian (sleep/wake) rhythms may be affected in depression and the best way to improve depression caused in this way. This will be performed by comparing circadian (sleep/wake) rhythms in people with and without depression. The study involves being kept awake for one night. For depressed individuals, this technique will likely result in a brief (\<1 day) improvement in depression. Following this study, participants with depression will be offered antidepressant medication at no cost. During the study, the investigators use brain scans to learn more about brain chemistry in health and depression.

Conditions

Depression; Major Depressive Disorder

Theta Burst Stimulation for Refractory Depression in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Description

Evaluate the efficacy of accelerated theta burst stimulation (aTBS) in reducing depressive symptoms in autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

Conditions

ASD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, MDD

Self Neuro-modulation Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) With Anhedonia
Description

The purpose of this research is to learn more about a new treatment for individuals with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) with heightened symptoms of anhedonia (i.e. loss of pleasure or interest in activities). The treatment is called Prism, and it is a software device intended for a novel form of neurofeedback training to be used in a clinic setting. During this study, the subject will use different techniques to measure brain activities, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and electroencephalography (EEG).

Conditions

Depressive Disorder, Major

Home-Based tDCS Treatment Of Major Depressive Disorder
Description

The REACH-tDCS study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of a noninvasive, at-home self-administered Sooma tDCS brain stimulation treatment for Major Depressive Disorder. The study uses randomized, blinded, placebo controlled design. The participants are assessed with video interviews and self-reports during the study, which lasts for 10 weeks followed by an optional continuation period.

Conditions

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

Deciphering Principles of Network Dynamics Underlying Depression Symptom Severity From Multi-day Intracranial Recordings in Patients With Major Depression
Description

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is common and causes significant disability world-wide. While typically responsive to medications and therapy, there remain a subset of patients who are treatment resistant. Novel approaches are critical to treat these patients. MDD is likely caused by dysfunction in distributed neural networks, a perspective consistent with the etiological and diagnostic heterogeneity of this disorder. While imaging and electroencephalography (EEG) have helped identify MDD circuitry, no consensus has been reached on the identification of diagnostic biomarkers. Furthermore, the dynamics of MDD circuitry in relation to symptom severity is unknown. Characterization of circuit signatures that define MDD symptom severity states and the extent to which these circuits are modifiable using electrical stimulation are critical for therapeutic advancement. Intracranial EEG (iEEG) offers a high spatial and temporal resolution method to study depression networks. For the first time, we have an unparalleled opportunity to study such circuits in MDD patients participating in a clinical trial of personalized responsive neurostimulation for treatment resistant depression (PRESIDIO). In stage 1 of this trial, participants are implanted with 160 electrodes from 10 sub-chronic intracranial leads across 10 brain sites for 10 days. The goal of this parent study stage is to optimize brain-site targeting for deep brain stimulation. In the current project, we will leverage the opportunity to study MDD circuit principles from cortical and deep brain structures over a multi-day time period. In this ancillary study to the parent clinical trial, we carry out a set of experiments that establish basic principles of network dynamics underlying MDD from direct neural recordings. This study is organized around the principal concept that brain circuit dysfunction is reflected in abnormal signatures of functional connectivity and rhythmic local-field activity. This concept is supported by our pilot work where we found evidence of distinct MDD networks characterized by functional connectivity and spectral activity. This project builds on our preliminary findings in two aims. In Aim 1, we characterize state-dependent functional connectivity and spectral activity in relation to symptom severity. In Aim 2, we will examine the manner and time course in which targeted electrical stimulation acutely modifies circuits. Together, this research will yield the first characterization of connectivity and activity dynamics in MDD over a multi-day period from direct neural recordings. This rare insight into MDD circuity provided by this novel dataset establishes proof-of-concept principles for biomarker development and therapeutic target selection that could critically advance personalized MDD treatments.

Conditions

Treatment Resistant Depression

An Open-Label Study of Azetukalner in Major Depressive Disorder
Description

X-NOVA-OLE is a multicenter, open-label study to evaluate the long-term safety, tolerability, and efficacy of azetukalner as a monotherapy in adult participants who successfully completed an antecedent Phase 3 study of azetukalner in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).

Conditions

Major Depressive Disorder