Ketamine Infusion for Social Anxiety Disorder
Completed · Early Phase 1 · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Social Anxiety Disorder
In brief
* Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is common and causes significant impairment. * First-line treatments for Social Anxiety Disorder are only partially effective. Many SAD patients experience little or inadequate symptom relief with available treatments. * Ketamine is a potent NMDA receptor antagonist. Ketamine represents an agent with a potentially novel mechanism of action for the treatment of anxiety disorders. * Ketamine has demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of psychiatric disorders closely related to Social Anxiety Disorder including Major Depression, Bipolar Depression and possibly Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Ketamine represents the possibility to provide rapid symptom relief to patients with SAD and may provide the mechanism for future drug development to treat SAD more rapidly and effectively.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02083926
- Run by
- Yale University
- People needed
- 18
- Starts
- 2015-01-02
- Expected to finish
- 2016-09-27
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-03-18
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Adult between the ages of 18 and 65 years
- Meet DSM IV criteria for Social Anxiety Disorder by structured clinical interview (SCID) and have a LSAS >60 with or without co-morbid MDD
You may not qualify if…
- Positive pregnancy test
- History of substance abuse disorder within the last 6 months or positive urine toxicology on screening (within the previous 6 months).
- History of pervasive developmental disorder or psychotic disorder by DSM-IV-TR criteria
- Medical comorbidity that significantly increases the risks associated with ketamine infusion (e.g. untreated hypertension, significant cardiovascular disease)
Where it is running
- Connecticut Mental Health Center — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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