Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
May 8, 2023
Carol Jamieson, Vanina Popova, Ella Daly et al.
18 citations
BACKGROUND: Patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) report significant deficits in physical and mental health, as well as severely impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and functioning. Esketamine effectively enhances the daily functioning in these patients while also improving their depressive symptoms. This study assessed HRQoL and health status of patients with TRD, who...
Journal of Affective Disorders
November 14, 2020
Stacie Hudgens, Lysbeth Floden, Michael Blackowicz et al.
77 citations
Patients with major depressive disorder who do not respond to ≥2 different pharmacological treatments within the current depressive episode are considered to have treatment resistant depression (TRD). This analysis determined meaningful change thresholds (MCT) of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) using anchor-based methods and...
American Journal of Psychiatry
May 21, 2019
Vanina Popova, Ella Daly, Madhukar H. Trivedi et al.
879 citations
OBJECTIVE: About one-third of patients with depression fail to achieve remission despite treatment with multiple antidepressants. This study compared the efficacy and safety of switching patients with treatment-resistant depression from an ineffective antidepressant to flexibly dosed esketamine nasal spray plus a newly initiated antidepressant or to a newly initiated antidepressant (active...
JAMA Psychiatry
December 27, 2017
Ella Daly, Jaskaran Singh, Maggie Fedgchin et al.
708 citations
Importance: Approximately one-third of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) do not respond to available antidepressants. Objective: To assess the efficacy, safety, and dose-response of intranasal esketamine hydrochloride in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Design, Setting, and Participants: This phase 2, double-blind, doubly randomized, delayed-start,...
American Journal of Psychiatry
April 8, 2016
Jaskaran Singh, Maggie Fedgchin, Ella Daly et al.
530 citations
OBJECTIVE: Ketamine, an N-methyl-d-aspartate glutamate receptor antagonist, has demonstrated a rapid-onset antidepressant effect in patients with treatment-resistant depression. This study evaluated the efficacy of twice- and thrice-weekly intravenous administration of ketamine in sustaining initial antidepressant effects in patients with treatment-resistant depression. METHOD: In a...