The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
May 4, 2026
Samuel T. Wilkinson, Brandon Kitay, Matthew Macaluso et al.
Background: Suicide is a public health crisis in the US, with limited evidence demonstrating efficacy of treatments for high-risk patients due in part to their exclusion from most clinical trials. This clinical trial evaluates the feasibility and efficacy of adjunctive cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with esketamine in patients with major depression and suicidal ideation (MDSI). Methods:...
JAMA Psychiatry
July 2, 2025
Adam Janik, Xin Qiu, Rosanne Lane et al.
40 citations
Esketamine nasal spray, administered in conjunction with an oral antidepressant, is approved for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). However, the efficacy of esketamine nasal spray administered as monotherapy for patients with TRD has not yet been evaluated. To assess the efficacy and safety of esketamine monotherapy compared to placebo in reducing depressive symptoms in patients with TRD....
Psychiatry Research
March 15, 2023
Ibrahim Turkoz, J. Craig Nelson, Samuel T. Wilkinson et al.
19 citations
This exploratory post hoc analysis of two pooled 4-week, phase 3, double-blind, placebo- and active-controlled studies that compared esketamine nasal spray plus a newly initiated oral antidepressant (ESK+AD; n = 310) with a newly initiated oral AD plus placebo nasal spray (AD+PBO; n = 208) in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) examined baseline patient demographic and...
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
July 16, 2021
Ibrahim Turkoz, Ella Daly, Jaskaran Singh et al.
21 citations
) and treatment-resistant depression (TRD) who did not meet response criteria within the first week of treatment. The current study is a pooled post hoc analysis of two phase 3, double-blind, active-controlled studies, conducted between August 2015 and February 2018, comparing ESK + AD with an oral antidepressant plus placebo (AD + PBO). Early treatment response was defined as a ≥ 50% decrease...