[HTML][HTML] Self-reported review of the value of esketamine in patients with treatment-resistant depression: Understanding the patient experience in the STRIVE Study

HL Starr, J Abell, A Larish, S Lewis, C DeMuro… - Psychiatry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Esketamine nasal spray (ESK) is indicated, in conjunction with an oral antidepressant
(OAD), for the management of treatment-resistant depression (TRD) in adults. Select US …

Increased use of ketamine for the treatment of depression: benefits and concerns

KS Na, YK Kim - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ketamine was initially used as an anesthetic which could induce cognitive impairment and
psychomimetic effects. In initial randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that mostly included a …

Effects of low-dose and very low-dose ketamine among patients with major depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Xu, M Hackett, G Carter, C Loo… - International Journal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background: Several recent trials indicate low-dose ketamine produces rapid
antidepressant effects. However, uncertainty remains in several areas: dose response …

Sex differences in response to ketamine as a rapidly acting intervention for treatment resistant depression

MP Freeman, GI Papakostas, B Hoeppner… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background While ketamine has been increasingly studied for treatment resistant
depression (TRD), the impact of sex differences on treatment outcomes has not been well …

Safety and tolerability of IV ketamine in adults with major depressive or bipolar disorder: results from the Canadian rapid treatment center of excellence

NB Rodrigues, RS McIntyre, O Lipsitz… - Expert Opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives Rigorous clinical trials suggest ketamine is safe and well-tolerated in patients
with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). There is a paucity of data on the safety and …

Repeated subcutaneous esketamine on treatment-resistant depression: An open-label dose titration study

F Palhano-Fontes, P Cavalcanti-Ribeiro… - Journal of Affective …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Ketamine has recently gained prominence as one of the most effective
therapeutic options in unipolar treatment-resistant depression (TRD). However, most studies …

Oral ketamine in treatment-resistant depression: a clinical effectiveness case series

MI Al Shirawi, SH Kennedy, KT Ho… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Purpose The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness, tolerability, and safety of oral
ketamine as an antidepressant treatment in adults with treatment-resistant depression …

Case report: repeated series of ketamine infusions in patients with treatment-resistant depression: presentation of five cases

M Gałuszko-Wȩgielnik, A Włodarczyk… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: Approximately 30% of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) are
treatment resistant. There is an unquestionable need for new treatment strategies …

Racemic ketamine as an alternative to electroconvulsive therapy for unipolar depression: a randomized, open-label, non-inferiority trial (KetECT)

J Ekstrand, C Fattah, M Persson… - International Journal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Ketamine has emerged as a fast-acting and powerful antidepressant, but no
head to head trial has been performed, Here, ketamine is compared with electroconvulsive …

Oral esketamine in patients with treatment-resistant depression: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial with open-label extension

SY Smith-Apeldoorn, JKE Veraart, J Kamphuis… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
About one-third of patients with depression do not achieve adequate response to current
treatment options. Although intravenous and intranasal administrations of (es) ketamine …