2019
Maintenance of antidepressant and antisuicidal effects by D-cycloserine among patients with treatment-resistant depression who responded to low-dose ketamine infusion: a double-blind randomized placebo–control study
Chen MH, Cheng CM, Gueorguieva R, Lin WC, Li CT, Hong CJ, Tu PC, Bai YM, Tsai SJ, Krystal JH, Su TP. Maintenance of antidepressant and antisuicidal effects by D-cycloserine among patients with treatment-resistant depression who responded to low-dose ketamine infusion: a double-blind randomized placebo–control study. Neuropsychopharmacology 2019, 44: 2112-2118. PMID: 31421635, PMCID: PMC6898334, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-019-0480-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-resistant depressionAntisuicidal effectsPlacebo groupKetamine infusionDCS groupD-cycloserineDouble-blind randomized placebo-controlled studyN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptorsHamilton Depression Rating Scale scoresLow-dose ketamine infusionRandomized placebo-controlled studyDepression Rating Scale scoresHAMD item 3Single subanesthetic doseInitial clinical responsePlacebo-controlled studyRating Scale scoresClinical responseDose titrationSubanesthetic doseAugmentation treatmentGlutamate receptorsMixed model analysisSuicidal riskScale score
2017
Trajectories of relapse in randomised, placebo-controlled trials of treatment discontinuation in major depressive disorder: an individual patient-level data meta-analysis
Gueorguieva R, Chekroud AM, Krystal JH. Trajectories of relapse in randomised, placebo-controlled trials of treatment discontinuation in major depressive disorder: an individual patient-level data meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry 2017, 4: 230-237. PMID: 28189575, PMCID: PMC5340978, DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(17)30038-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActive medicationActive treatmentClinical trialsDepression severityHamilton Depression Rating Scale scoresDepression Rating Scale scoresClinical Global Impression scoresIndividual patient-level dataDouble-blind treatmentPlacebo-controlled trialPatterns of relapseGlobal Impression scoresIndividual patient dataPrevention of relapseTrajectory class membershipTreatment of depressionMajor depressive disorderRating Scale scoresPatient-level dataPost-traumatic stress disorderTreatment discontinuationAntidepressant treatmentClinical responseAlcohol Research CenterAntidepressant medication