Ketamine for Low Mood States in the ER

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The investigators hope to see if a commonly used drug such as ketamine could help depressed ER patients feel better and improve their mood quickly.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Yale University
• Treatments: Ketamine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• adults (>18yrs) presenting to the Emergency department with symptoms of depression and/or suicide ideation (MADRS>30) with ability to give informed consent.

• medically stable

Exclusion Criteria:

• psychosis, bipolar, or other significant physical or mental illness

• pregnancy

• non-voluntary status

• urine drug screen positive for drugs of abuse