Efficacy and safety of a 4-week course of repeated subcutaneous ketamine injections for treatment-resistant depression (KADS study): randomised double-blind active-controlled trial.
Colleen K LooKevin Thien Anh HoangDavid BartonBernhard T BauneNatalie T MillsPaul FitzgeraldPaul GlueShanthi SarmaVeronica Galvez-OrtizDusan Hadzi-PavlovicAngelo AlonzoVanessa DongDonel MartinStevan NikolinPhilip B MitchellMichael BerkGregory CarterMaree HackettJohn LeydenSean D HoodAndrew A SomogyiKyle LapidusElizabeth StrattonKirsten GainsfordDeepak GargNicollette L R ThorntonCélia FourrierKaryn RichardsonDemi RozakisAnish ScariaCathrine MihalopoulosMary Lou ChattertonWilliam M McDonaldPhilip BoycePaul E HoltzheimerF Andrew KozelPatricio Riva-PosseAnthony RodgersPublished in: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science (2023)
Adequately dosed subcutaneous racemic ketamine was efficacious and safe in treating TRD over a 4-week treatment period. The subcutaneous route is practical and feasible.