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Hitoshi Sakurai

3 papers in the library · 36 citations · publishing 2022-2026

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Effects of Repeated Ketamine Infusions on Suicidal Ideation in Treatment-Resistant Depression and Associated Changes in Selected Plasma Biomarkers

Pharmacopsychiatry October 2, 2026 Masami Murao, Daiki Setoyama, Yasuyuki Matsumoto et al.

Abstract This study investigated the antisuicidal effects of repeated intravenous ketamine in patients with treatment-resistant depression and explored associations between suicidal ideation and temporal changes in selected plasma biomarkers to identify potential biomarkers. This secondary analysis of an open-label trial included outpatients with treatment-resistant depression who received four...

Acute and long-term effects of repeated ketamine infusions in treatment-resistant depression and associated metabolite changes.

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences July 15, 2025 Hitoshi Sakurai, Daiki Setoyama, Takahiro A Kato et al. 1 citation

This study aims to investigate the acute and sustained antidepressant effects of repeated ketamine infusions in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), and to identify early metabolomic changes predictive of treatment outcomes using metabolome analyses. This open-label study investigated the effects of four intravenous ketamine infusions (0.5 mg/kg) administered over 2 weeks in 30...

DOI: 10.1111/pcn.13870 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Ketamine 3‐hydroxybutyrate Metabolomics Treatment‐resistant depression +3

Novel Antidepressants in the Pipeline (Phase II and III): A Systematic Review of the US Clinical Trials Registry

Pharmacopsychiatry January 19, 2022 Hitoshi Sakurai, Kengo Yonezawa, Hideaki Tani et al. 35 citations

Abstract Introduction There is an imminent need for faster-acting and more effective antidepressants beyond the monoaminergic hypothesis. Methods We systematically searched the US Clinical Trials registry for antidepressant compounds with completed phase II and III trials. Compounds that demonstrated significant superiority over placebo in the primary outcome measure in the latest phase of...