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The investigators aim to examine the magnitude of non-specific effects in the treatment of depressive episodes with esketamine, by providing patients in the intervention group with a pretreatment presentation and post-treatment follow up session, to assess whether nonspecific effects can be used effectively to improve the effectiveness of treatment with esketamine.


Clinical Trial Description

Primary Objective: To determine whether a positive presentation before first treatment improves expectation of improvement from treatment in patients receiving esketamine for a depressive episode within 24 hours after the first treatment. Secondary Objectives: To determine whether a post-treatment follow up session to provide encouragement and reassurance improves expectation of improvement from treatment in patients receiving esketamine for a depressive episode within 24 hours after the first treatment. To determine whether a positive presentation results in an improved response from treatment in patients receiving esketamine for a depressive episode as measured by MADRS score within 24 hours after the first treatment. To determine whether a positive presentation before first treatment, combined with a posttreatment follow up session after first treatment, result in an improved response from treatment in patients receiving esketamine for a depressive episode as measured by MADRS score by the end of the acute course of esketamine treatment. ;


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NCT number NCT05910775
Study type Interventional
Source Yale University
Contact Sina Nikayin, MD
Phone 203-688-9719
Email sina.nikayin@yale.edu
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date April 2024
Completion date July 2025

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