Efficacy and Safety of Esketamine Nasal Spray in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression Who Completed a Second Induction Period: Analysis of the Ongoing SUSTAIN-3 Study
Castro M, Wilkinson S, Al Jurdi R, Petrillo M, Zaki N, Borentain S, Fu D, Turkoz I, Sun L, Brown B, Cabrera P. Efficacy and Safety of Esketamine Nasal Spray in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression Who Completed a Second Induction Period: Analysis of the Ongoing SUSTAIN-3 Study. CNS Drugs 2023, 37: 715-723. PMID: 37558912, PMCID: PMC10439056, DOI: 10.1007/s40263-023-01026-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEsketamine nasal spraySUSTAIN 1Nasal spraySecond inductionMaintenance treatmentMADRS response ratesTreatment-emergent AEsDepression rating scoresNew safety signalsTreatment-resistant depressionTime of relapseLong-term treatmentLong-term trialsEligible patientsOral antidepressantsRemission rateStable remissionSubgroup analysisChronic illnessSafety signalsInterim analysisDepressive symptomsPatientsResponse rateRemissionPredictors of response and remission in patients with treatment-resistant depression: A post hoc pooled analysis of two acute trials of esketamine nasal spray
Turkoz I, Nelson J, Wilkinson S, Borentain S, Macaluso M, Trivedi M, Williamson D, Sheehan J, Salvadore G, Singh J, Daly E. Predictors of response and remission in patients with treatment-resistant depression: A post hoc pooled analysis of two acute trials of esketamine nasal spray. Psychiatry Research 2023, 323: 115165. PMID: 37019044, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-resistant depressionEsketamine nasal sprayNasal sprayDay 28Day 8Clinical Global Impression-Severity scoreCGI-S scoresCurrent depressive episodePredictors of responsePlacebo nasal sprayIdentification of predictorsOral antidepressantsBaseline patientAcute trialPooled analysisDepressive episodeRemissionPsychiatric characteristicsPatientsSignificant anxietyYounger ageTreatment assignmentPotential predictorsPhase 3PredictorsLong-term safety and maintenance of response with esketamine nasal spray in treatment-resistant depression – final results of the SUSTAIN-3 study
Young A, Zaki N, Chen N, Lane R, Doherty T, Drevets W, Morrison R, Sanacora G, Wilkinson S, Lacerda A, Popova V, Fu D. Long-term safety and maintenance of response with esketamine nasal spray in treatment-resistant depression – final results of the SUSTAIN-3 study. Neuroscience Applied 2023, 2: 102450. DOI: 10.1016/j.nsa.2023.102450.Peer-Reviewed Original Research