2023
Ketamine versus ECT for Nonpsychotic Treatment-Resistant Major Depression
Anand A, Mathew S, Sanacora G, Murrough J, Goes F, Altinay M, Aloysi A, Asghar-Ali A, Barnett B, Chang L, Collins K, Costi S, Iqbal S, Jha M, Krishnan K, Malone D, Nikayin S, Nissen S, Ostroff R, Reti I, Wilkinson S, Wolski K, Hu B. Ketamine versus ECT for Nonpsychotic Treatment-Resistant Major Depression. New England Journal Of Medicine 2023, 388: 2315-2325. PMID: 37224232, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2302399.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-resistant major depressionPatient-reported qualityElectroconvulsive therapyMajor depressionECT groupKetamine groupTreatment phaseMusculoskeletal adverse effectsSubanesthetic intravenous ketamineWeeks of treatmentInitial treatment phaseIntravenous ketamineSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeNoninferiority marginTrial groupECT clinicsNoninferiority trialPatientsComparative effectivenessKetamineClinical sitesAdverse effectsDepressionThree times
2018
Acute and Longer-Term Outcomes Using Ketamine as a Clinical Treatment at the Yale Psychiatric Hospital.
Wilkinson ST, Katz RB, Toprak M, Webler R, Ostroff RB, Sanacora G. Acute and Longer-Term Outcomes Using Ketamine as a Clinical Treatment at the Yale Psychiatric Hospital. The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2018, 79 PMID: 30063304, PMCID: PMC6296748, DOI: 10.4088/jcp.17m11731.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMood disordersClinical treatmentTreatment-resistant mood disordersResearch protocolLong-term adverse effectsRapid-acting antidepressantsLong-term safetyEmergence of symptomsRemission rateKetamine infusionFourth infusionLabel therapyTerm outcomesAuthors' institutionPsychiatric hospitalTotal infusionPatientsCognitive declineKetamineTotal treatmentInfusionAdverse effectsClinical samplesLong-term basisTreatment