Ketogenic and Nutritional Interventions for First Episode Bipolar Disorder
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Bipolar I Disorder, Psychosis, Schizoaffective Disorder
In brief
This is a randomized, controlled clinical trial to assess the effects of the ketogenic diet in combination with treatment as usual on brain energy metabolism and psychiatric symptoms in individuals with first episode bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06221852
- Run by
- Mclean Hospital
- People needed
- 50
- Starts
- 2024-03-12
- Expected to finish
- 2027-12-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-11-05
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Between the ages of 18 and 45.
- Ability to adhere to study diets.
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5) diagnosis of bipolar I disorder or schizoaffective disorder with onset of illness in the last 7 years.
- Must have a stable psychiatric disorder with no change in psychiatric medications within the past 2 weeks of screening
- Must not be expected to require addition of any new psychiatric medications during the 12-week duration of the study.
You may not qualify if…
- Unable to sign informed consent
- Contraindication to magnetic resonance (MR) scan (including claustrophobia)
- Unstable medical illness (including cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, respiratory, endocrine, neurological, or hematological disease)
- Current DSM-5 substance use disorder
- Currently pregnant, nursing, or of childbearing potential and not using a medically accepted means of contraception
- Have a body weight of over 350 lbs or a body mass index (BMI) <20
- Score above 15 on the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS)
- History of significant head injury
- Current cancer diagnosis
- Current diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- History of gastric bypass surgery or any weight loss surgery
- Concomitant treatment with Propofol
- Familial hypercholesterolemia
Where it is running
- McLean Hospital — Belmont, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)
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