Propofol-Enhanced Assessment of Ketamine for Chronic Pain and Depression
Active, not recruitingPhase 4NCT06317636
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare ketamine to a placebo when given as a single infusion during IV sedation in adults with chronic pain and depression. We do not know whether ketamine will be more effective than placebo under these circumstances. This study aims to: * Evaluate whether placebo is non-inferior to ketamine in treating chronic pain and depression, when delivered under propofol sedation * Confirm that propofol sedation is a safe way to keep participants blinded to treatment * Assess patients' comfort with the sedation process to improve future studies * Explore whether patient expectations affects their pain and depression Participants will: * Need to qualify for the study based on stringent medical criteria * Undergo sedation with propofol * Randomly receive either a ketamine or a placebo (saline) infusion during sedation * Complete several study assessments over 5-7 weeks
Study details
- Official title
- Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Single-center, Noninferiority Trial of Ketamine Given During Sedation to Patients With Chronic Pain and Depression
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
- Start date
- 2025-01-28
- Primary completion
- 2026-11
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 70 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 to 70 years old * Comfortable speaking and writing in English * Chronic pain present daily for at least 3 months * Currently experiencing depression * Able to comply with the study protocol and communicate with study personnel about adverse events and other clinically important information Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breastfeeding * One or more health conditions that makes study unsafe or unfeasible, determined by study physicians * Regular use of medications that may have problematic interactions with the study drugs * Participating in another clinical trial which may conflict with this one
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06317636