A Brief Automated Neurocognitive Training to Enhance the Real-World Impact of Ketamine's Rapid Antidepressant Effect
University of Pittsburgh
Summary
In a sample of patients already receiving ketamine (or esketamine) treatment as part of their clinical care, this project seeks to test whether we can enhance and/or extend (es)ketamine's rapid effects by introducing helpful information delivered by a computer-based cognitive training protocol. This work could ultimately lead to the ability to treat depression more efficiently and with broader dissemination by rapidly priming the brain for helpful forms of learning.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–80 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: 1. be between the ages of 18 and 80 years 2. score ≥20 on the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) 3. per SCID-5-RV interview, meet DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for at least one of the following: Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder (I or II), Persistent Depressive Disorder, or Other Specified Depressive or Bipolar Disorder 4. exhibit treatment resistance, defined as: (a) failure to respond to ≥1 adequate trials of an evidence-based treatment for mood disorder \[per the Antidepressant Treatment History Form-Short Form Modified Score Sheet (ATHF-SF-Modified…
Interventions
- BehavioralCognitive Training
Sessions of cognitive training exercises (15-20min each) self-administered via a web app
- BehavioralSham Training
Sessions of sham training exercises (15-20min each) self-administered via a web app
Locations (3)
- Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, a division of Kaiser Foundation HospitalsOakland, California
- University of Illinois at ChicagoChicago, Illinois
- Baylor College of MedicineHouston, Texas