This is a feasibility study and the goal of this project is to evaluate whether peak ACC GABA and glutamate, quantified as a CSF-corrected absolute concentration percent change from baseline, is associated with clinical remission, Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) total score of \<10, to the anti-glutamatergic antidepressant ketamine. As MRS is expensive, we also aim to study a correlation between change in peripheral metabolites (GABA and glutamate) and central GABA and glutamate levels.
Aims: This feasibility study aims to better understand the neurobiology of major depression and how ketamine may therapeutically impact brain function. This research may provide important insights into the mechanism of ketamine response, thus, potentially increasing the likelihood of successful treatment interventions and decrease the number of ineffective treatments and/or risk for serious side effects. SPECIFIC AIMS: Utilizing novel dynamic sliding-window functional MR spectroscopy (fMRS) and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LCMS), we aim to evaluate the relationship between GABA and glutamate (central-baseline to peak and peripheral-baseline to 24 hours) levels with a change in depression symptoms (baseline to 24 hours), after a single infusion of intravenous (IV) ketamine, in subjects with treatment-resistant depression (TRD).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
18
We will enroll 20 adults (aged 18-65 years) with treatment-resistant depression and will provide two i.v. ketamine infusions (0.5 mg/kg, infused over 40 minutes) and measure their depressive symptom responses. Biomarkers will be developed using blood samples from study subjects, taken prior to (predictive biomarkers), and following ketamine treatment (change biomarkers). This will be an open-label feasibility trial.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
To evaluate percent change in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) GABA and Glutamate (baseline to peak) during a 40-minute IV ketamine infusion and remission (MADRS ≤9) at 24 hour
Percent change in central metabolites and association with remission
Time frame: 24 hour
To evaluate a correlation between percent change in ACC GABA and Glutamate/Glx levels (baseline to peak) with a change in MADRS (baseline to 24 hours).
Change in central metabolite and association with change in depression scores
Time frame: 24 hour
To compare the percent change in peripheral GABA/Glutamate levels between remitters and non-remitters
Change in peripheral metabolites and association with remission
Time frame: 24 hour
To evaluate the correlation between percent change in peripheral GABA and glutamate levels with a change in MADRS scores.
Change in peripheral metabolites and association with change in depression (MADRS) scores
Time frame: 24 hour
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