Treating bipolar depression with esketamine: Safety and effectiveness data from a naturalistic multicentric study on esketamine in bipolar versus unipolar treatment …

G Martinotti, B Dell'Osso, G Di Lorenzo… - Bipolar …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Bipolar depression accounts for most of the disease duration in type I and type
II bipolar disorder (BD), with few treatment options, often poorly tolerated. Many individuals …

The effect of esketamine in patients with treatment‐resistant depression with and without comorbid anxiety symptoms or disorder

EJ Daly, I Turkoz, G Salvadore… - Depression and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Comorbid anxiety is generally associated with poorer response to
antidepressant treatment. This post hoc analysis explored the efficacy of esketamine plus an …

Real-world experience of esketamine use to manage treatment-resistant depression: a multicentric study on safety and effectiveness (REAL-ESK study)

G Martinotti, A Vita, A Fagiolini, G Maina… - Journal of Affective …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Treatment-resistant Depression (TRD) represents a widespread
disorder with significant direct and indirect healthcare costs. esketamine, the S-enantiomer …

Early effects predict trajectories of response to esketamine in treatment-resistant depression

I Estrade, AC Petit, V Sylvestre, M Danon… - Journal of Affective …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The efficacy of esketamine in treatment-resistant depression (TRD) has been
confirmed. However, its administration is expensive and restrictive, with limited knowledge …

Esketamine: new hope for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression? A narrative review

MS Salahudeen, CM Wright… - … advances in drug …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This narrative review aims to provide an overview of the current literature on the
pharmacology, safety, efficacy and tolerability of intranasal esketamine, the S-enantiomer of …

Rapid infusion of esketamine for unipolar and bipolar depression: a retrospective chart review

FS Correia-Melo, FC Argolo… - Neuropsychiatric …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background This study evaluated efficacy and safety of intravenous subanesthetic doses of
esketamine using an administration time of 10 minutes in patients with treatment-resistant …

Intravenous ketamine infusions in treatment-resistant bipolar depression: an open-label naturalistic observational study

A Wilkowska, A Włodarczyk… - Neuropsychiatric …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Bipolar disorder is a chronic and recurrent condition often associated with
treatment resistance and suicidality. There is an unmet need for effective treatment in this …

Esketamine for treatment resistant depression

J Swainson, RK Thomas, S Archer… - Expert review of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD) is a common and
burdensome condition with poor outcomes and few treatment options. Esketamine is the S …

Oral esketamine for treatment-resistant depression: rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial

SY Smith-Apeldoorn, JKE Veraart, J Kamphuis… - BMC psychiatry, 2019 - Springer
Background There is an urgent need to develop additional treatment strategies for patients
with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). The rapid but short-lived antidepressant effects of …

[HTML][HTML] Esketamine in treatment-resistant depression patients comorbid with substance-use disorder: A viewpoint on its safety and effectiveness in a subsample of …

S Chiappini, G d'Andrea, S De Filippis… - European …, 2023 - Elsevier
Esketamine, the S-enantiomer of ketamine, has recently emerged as a therapy for treatment-
resistant depression (TRD), showing both rapid antidepressant action and good efficacy and …