UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Unique ID issued by UMIN UMIN000023581
Receipt number R000027142
Scientific Title Maintaining the antidepressant effect with D-cycloserine, a NMDA receptor partial agonist, following acute ketamine infusion for treatment resistant depression: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study
Date of disclosure of the study information 2018/12/31
Last modified on 2021/11/18 12:03:59

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Basic information

Public title

Maintaining the antidepressant effect with D-cycloserine, a NMDA receptor partial agonist, following acute ketamine infusion for treatment resistant depression: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study

Acronym

Maintaining the antidepressant effect with D-cycloserine, a NMDA receptor partial agonist, following acute ketamine infusion for treatment resistant depression: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study

Scientific Title

Maintaining the antidepressant effect with D-cycloserine, a NMDA receptor partial agonist, following acute ketamine infusion for treatment resistant depression: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study

Scientific Title:Acronym

Maintaining the antidepressant effect with D-cycloserine, a NMDA receptor partial agonist, following acute ketamine infusion for treatment resistant depression: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study

Region

Asia(except Japan)


Condition

Condition

Treating Major Depression

Classification by specialty

Psychiatry

Classification by malignancy

Others

Genomic information

NO


Objectives

Narrative objectives1

1) To assess the maintaining antidepressant effect of D-cycloserine (DCS) and its ability to prevent relapse of depression (i.e., increase of MADRS depression score vs. baseline >= 30%).
2) To evaluate the clinical efficacy of two repeated ketamine infusions on TRD patients within one week.
3) To search for variant of BDNF polymorphism, BDNF & glycine levels and cytokines to be biomarker for predicting clinical response.
4) To find the correlation of changes of brain imaging with ketamine or DCS with antidepressant effect, thereby explore the neurocircuitry related to treatment with glutamate-related agents.

Basic objectives2

Efficacy

Basic objectives -Others


Trial characteristics_1


Trial characteristics_2


Developmental phase



Assessment

Primary outcomes

To assess the maintaining antidepressant effect of D-cycloserine (DCS) on responders of ketamine infusion by comparing the relapse rates of treatment (D-cycloserine) and placebo group in Stage II. Relapse is defined as two consecutive nonresponses (MADRS depression score is 30% higher than Baseline of Stage II).The difference between two relapse rates larger than 30% will be regarded as efficacy.

Key secondary outcomes

1) To evaluate the clinical efficacy of two repeated ketamine infusions on TRD patients within one week.
2) To search for variant of BDNF polymorphism, BDNF & glycine levels and cytokines to be biomarker for predicting clinical response.
3) To find the correlation of changes of brain imaging with ketamine or DCS with antidepressant effect, thereby explore the neurocircuitry related to treatment with glutamate-related agents.
4) To use EEG biomarkers, i.e., normalization of left - right ratio of brain waves following ketamine infusion, to predict better response to DCS treatment.


Base

Study type

Interventional


Study design

Basic design

Parallel

Randomization

Randomized

Randomization unit

Cluster

Blinding

Double blind -all involved are blinded

Control

Placebo

Stratification


Dynamic allocation


Institution consideration


Blocking


Concealment

No need to know


Intervention

No. of arms

2

Purpose of intervention

Treatment

Type of intervention

Medicine

Interventions/Control_1

DCS

Interventions/Control_2

PLACEBO

Interventions/Control_3


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Eligibility

Age-lower limit

20 years-old <=

Age-upper limit

65 years-old >

Gender

Male and Female

Key inclusion criteria

1.Major depression including unipolar and bipolar depression.
2.Age>=20y/o<65 y/o
3.Treatment resistant depression was defined as the depressed subjects failed to respond to at least two antidepressants with their optimal dose and over four week treatment in previous medication history.
4.Patient on stabilized background medications.
5.moderate to severe depressive symptoms (MADRS>=25, HAMD-17>=18)


Key exclusion criteria

1.Major medical conditions.
2.Other axis I psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, delusional disorder, organic brain syndrome, and dementia.
3.Pregnancy or lactation
4.Hypersensitive to D-cycloserine and Ketamine
5.Substance abuse in previous 6 months such as cocaine, marijuana, opium, ketamine, PCP (phencyclidine).
6.Current use of NMDA receptor antagonist (Amantadine, Rimantadine, Lamotrigine, Memantine, Dextromethorphan).
7.Alcohol abuse / dependence within 6 months.
8.Attempt suicide in hospital.
9.Risk for current homicidal tendency.

Target sample size

90


Research contact person

Name of lead principal investigator

1st name Tung Ping
Middle name
Last name Su

Organization

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Division name

Psychiatry

Zip code

112

Address

No.201, Sec.2, Shih-Pai Road, Beitou district

TEL

+886-2-28757778

Email

ju.orangesea@gmail.com


Public contact

Name of contact person

1st name Tung Ping
Middle name
Last name Su

Organization

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Division name

Psychiatry

Zip code

112

Address

No.201, Sec.2, Shih-Pai Road, Beitou district

TEL

+886-2-28757778

Homepage URL


Email

tomsu0402@gmail.com


Sponsor or person

Institute

Ministry of Science and Technology

Institute

Department

Personal name



Funding Source

Organization

Ministry of Science and Technology

Organization

Division

Category of Funding Organization

Outside Japan

Nationality of Funding Organization



Other related organizations

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IRB Contact (For public release)

Organization

Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Address

No.201, Sec.2, Shih-Pai Rd, Beitou district, Taipei, Taiwan

Tel

886-2-28757384

Email

slchang@vghtpe.gov.tw


Secondary IDs

Secondary IDs

NO

Study ID_1


Org. issuing International ID_1


Study ID_2


Org. issuing International ID_2


IND to MHLW



Institutions

Institutions



Other administrative information

Date of disclosure of the study information

2018 Year 12 Month 31 Day


Related information

URL releasing protocol


Publication of results

Unpublished


Result

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Number of participants that the trial has enrolled


Results


Results date posted


Results Delayed


Results Delay Reason


Date of the first journal publication of results


Baseline Characteristics


Participant flow


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Progress

Recruitment status

Completed

Date of protocol fixation

2015 Year 01 Month 01 Day

Date of IRB

2014 Year 07 Month 14 Day

Anticipated trial start date

2015 Year 08 Month 01 Day

Last follow-up date

2017 Year 12 Month 22 Day

Date of closure to data entry

2018 Year 03 Month 31 Day

Date trial data considered complete

2018 Year 05 Month 30 Day

Date analysis concluded

2018 Year 08 Month 07 Day


Other

Other related information



Management information

Registered date

2016 Year 08 Month 10 Day

Last modified on

2021 Year 11 Month 18 Day



Link to view the page

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https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000027142


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