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NCT04664257
The lifetime prevalence of Bipolar II is 0.4% with the time spent with depressive symptoms outnumbering the time spent with hypomanic symptoms by 35 to 1. Regarding current treatment options, psychotherapy is effective for managing depressive symptoms, with CBT being particularly efficacious. Unfortunately, CBT is often not a feasible treatment option. Electronic CBT (e-CBT) is more accessible for treating various mental illnesses with evidence suggesting it can increase treatment adherence and patient satisfaction. Moreover, e-CBT is suggested to have comparable outcomes to in-person CBT in the treatment of depression and anxiety. Typically, patient-clinician interactions of e-CBT are administered through email however, this is an insecure, unsustainable, and non-scalable treatment delivery method. The proposed study will use the Online Psychotherapy Tool (OPTT), a secure cloud-based platform for the delivery of e-CBT. The aim is to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of using OPTT for the treatment of BAD-II with depressive symptoms, while also analyzing social, cultural, and personal factors affecting patients' experience. Participants (n = 80) diagnosed with BAD-II in a depressive episode will be recruited from the Mood and Anxiety Clinic at Providence Care Hospital in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Eligible participants will then be randomly assigned to either the treatment group (e-CBT plus treatment as usual (TAU)) (n = 40) or the control group (TAU) (n = 40) where they will complete the 12-week program. Participants in the TAU group will be offered the e-CBT program after the first 12 weeks if they wish to take part. Participants in the e-CBT group will complete weekly modules mirroring in-person CBT content and complete homework assignments that will be evaluated by a clinician who will provide personalized feedback through OPTT. Progression/regression of participants will be analyzed using the MADRS, YMRS, and CGI-BP-M questionnaires administered at baseline, after week 6, and after week 12. Personal, social, and cultural factors impacting participant experience will be investigated through an in-depth interview utilizing focus groups. The findings from this study will be the first on the effectiveness of delivering e-CBT to patients with BAD-II with residual depressive symptoms. This approach can provide an innovative method to address the barriers associated with in-person psychotherapy.
NCT06336616
The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an behavioral activation intervention to increase meaningful activity and community participation for people with serious mental illness. The overall objective of this study is to increase engagement in meaningful activities and community participation. The objectives of the project are as follows: 1. To determine if the intervention leads to increases the frequency and variety of activities. 2. To determine if the intervention leads to increases in community mobility. 3. To determine which demographic and environmental factors and mechanisms of action impact the effectiveness of the intervention. 4. To determine if the the intervention leads to an improvement in overall well-being (e.g., improved quality of life). Participants will be asked to attend a 2-hour weekly online session for 10 weeks and then a 1-hour online monthly session for a 3 month maintenance period. For data collection, participants will also be asked to: 1. Complete three, approximately 1-hour interviews at baseline, after the 10 week intervention, and again at the end of the maintenance period; 2. Carry a mobile phone with a global positioning system app to track their movements outside their home for 2 weeks at a time, at three separate times (e.g., baseline, after the intervention, and at the end of the maintenance period); and 3. Complete a 15 minute weekly interviews for 26 weeks about their daily activities and participation. The study will enroll 52 participants split into 4 cohorts of 13. The study will use a multiple baseline design and, as such, all participants will receive the intervention and there is no control group.
NCT02553161
A 16-week double blind, placebo-controlled investigation of escitalopram in adolescents with depression and/or anxiety with a family history of Bipolar Disorder. Subjects will be evaluated using semi-structured diagnostic interviews and symptom ratings, participate in a MRI scan and then randomized to treatment. Following randomization, high-risk youth will have visits every week for the first 4 weeks of treatment then biweekly up to 16 weeks during which time tolerability and ratings will be performed. MRI scan will be repeated at week 4.
NCT05625555
For patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), a single low dose of intravenous (IV) ketamine can help relieve symptoms as quickly as 24 hours later. The main problem with IV ketamine for TRD is that the effect is short-lived, lasting only days to 1 or 2 weeks. Furthermore, IV ketamine is a resource-intensive treatment, and the safety of long-term, repeated use for depression is unknown. To provide this treatment in a safe and cost-effective way, Investigators must allocate it efficiently to those patients who have the greatest need and probability of benefit. Therefore, this project aims to find clinical features (signs, symptoms, and parts of a patient's history) that will help predict which patients are most likely to respond to a single dose of IV ketamine for TRD. This will help guide patient selection and triaging. Investigators will recruit 40 participants with TRD over one year, and randomize them to one of two conditions (ketamine followed by an active placebo 3-weeks later, or vice versa). With clinical data collected through detailed interviews, questionnaires, actigraphy, speech sampling, electroencephalography (EEG), and computerized tasks, this study design will let us evaluate how well such factors predict (A) rapid response at 24-hours, and (B) sustained response at 7 and 14 days.
NCT00221429
This study compared the efficacy of lithium, divalproex, and placebo in treating the acute phase of symptomatic bipolar I disorder, mixed or manic episode, in children and adolescents.
NCT02698696
This study evaluates the effect of a new cognitive remediation program designed for patients suffering from a bipolar disorder, on cognitive functions, psychosocial functioning and neural processes. In this double-blind (patient, outcomes assessor) controlled randomized trial the investigators compare patients receiving the ECo program for bipolar disorders, to patients benefiting from the broadly used cognitive remediation program CRT and to patients receiving supportive psychotherapy. Patients are treated for 3 months and monitored for 9 months.
NCT04031560
Bipolar disorder is related to a high level of personal, familial, social and economic burden. There is a need for feasible adjunctive psychological interventions to use in clinical practice as a complement of pharmacotherapy to enhance aspects that medication cannot reach. This project aims at develop and evaluate the impact of an adjunctive brief integrative program for bipolar patients (euthymic or with subthreshold symptoms). The patients (N=124) will be randomly assigned to two different groups. The experimental group (62 patients) will take part on a group integrative program consisting of 12-sessions of 90 minutes (based on psychoeducation, mindfulness and functional remediation) whilst the control group (62 patients) will not receive any sort of add-on psychotherapy. All patients will mantain standard psychiatric treatment. Together with the baseline assessment, the whole sample will be assessed after the intervention and at 12 months from the baseline evaluation, regarding sociodemographic, clinical and neuropsychological variables. If the intervention is effective it will improve psychosocial functioning (main variable), wellbeing and quality of life, as well as improve clinical outcomes and neurocognitive functioning of those affected by the illness.
NCT03508427
Bipolar disorder is a severe psychiatric illness with chronic course and it is associated with high risk of relapse and hospitalisation, and many patients do not recover to their previous psychosocial functioning. Major reasons for poor outcomes are delayed intervention for prodromal mood and behavioural symptoms as well as incomplete treatment responses. Current diagnostic approaches used to assess mood symptoms rely on symptom-based categories, which lack sensitivity to detect subtle mood and behavioural changes. Therefore, the ability to better characterizing bipolar patients may allow to detect possible differences in the illness activity. On the other hand, there is a growing interest in the potential use of mobile technologies such as mobile apps, smartphone and internet in psychiatric care. Some projects have been testing the potential benefits of mobile apps to assess and treat individuals at-risk or suffering from mood and bipolar disorders, using online signs and symptoms monitoring, yet to the investigators knowledge, none of them have integrated a dimensional approach in a smartphone app to assess mood and behavioural alterations and bipolar illness activity, including subjective and objective data (e.g. physical activity, social activity, etc.). In this feasibility study the investigators will evaluate the potential relevance of Toi Même app to self-monitoring mood and behavioural changes in bipolar patients with different mood phases compared to the gold-standard mood rating tools used in clinical practice. All patients will be followed for 3 months, with outcome assessments after 2 weeks, after 1 month, 2 months and after 3 months.
NCT06176456
Evaluation effectiveness and safety of TMS in subjects with catatonia
NCT03220776
The proposed 3-week, double-blind, crossover, proof of concept study aims to manipulate neurochemical dysfunctions characteristic of individuals with co-occurring BD and AUD (i.e., abnormally low prefrontal GABA and glutamate), using medications that have been shown to normalize cortical GABA (i.e., gabapentin) and glutamate (i.e., NAC) levels in past research, and to evaluate medication-related changes in response inhibition and alcohol cue-reactivity fMRI tasks as well as drinking and mood in individuals with AUD+BD.
NCT04030143
The purpose of this trial is to determine the safety and tolerability of multiple-dose administrations of aripiprazole, to establish the similarity of aripiprazole concentrations on the last day of the dosing interval following the final administration of aripiprazole into the gluteal muscle site, and to establish the similarity of aripiprazole exposure over the dosing interval following the administration of aripiprazole into the gluteal muscle site in adult participants with schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder.
NCT06105762
Globally, it's estimated that around 300 million people are affected by depressive illness, and even with access to modern mental health care, long-term recovery is uncommon. Recently, there has been increasing interest in a promising intervention: the ketogenic diet. This diet restricts carbohydrate intake, promoting the breakdown of fats into circulating ketone bodies, which can act as an additional energy source for the brain, potentially reducing its reliance on glucose. While various sources of evidence suggest the potential benefits of the ketogenic diet for individuals with depression, robust clinical studies on its efficacy in depressed patients are lacking. Our goal is to conduct an eight-week, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled trial to investigate the therapeutic effects of a very low-carbohydrate, high-fat ketogenic diet compared to an active comparator diet in individuals with depression.
NCT06105294
This is a pilot trial to examine the acceptability and feasibility of time-restricted eating as an adjunct to medication treatment for bipolar disorder.
NCT04874974
The purpose of this single-arm feasibility study is to develop and pilot test a novel process-based and modular group therapy approach for patients with acute psychotic symptoms in an inpatient setting.
NCT05463562
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a widespread and safe stimulation method that has been used successfully for decades in psychiatric diseases such as severe or therapy-resistant depression. Unfortunately, ECT still has stigmas attached to it. The latter often leads to reservations among those affected and perturbs optimal and guideline-based therapy. Despite the demonstrated effectiveness of ECT, prediction of treatment response is still not possible. This is due to the limited knowledge about the biological mechanisms of action of ECT, especially on an individuum level. Thus, the DetECT study intends to recruit 134 inpatient subjects of the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry with severe and/or treatment resistant depression receiving ECT to perform weekly psychometry and blood draws before and after ECT sessions one, seven, and twelve. The subsequent biopsychological analysis comprises omics, physiological, neurocognitive, and psychometric measurements. The multimodal data collected will be used to identify data-driven clusters associated with ECT mechanisms and outcome.
NCT02811133
This is an open trial that seeks to determine the safety and tolerability of using inositol for children and adolescents with bipolar disorder and comorbid anxiety disorders with an exploration of efficacy and dose-response.
NCT04130529
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is treatment of choice for insomnia. Many patients in psychiatric care have sleep problems including insomnia, but are rarely given the choice to participate in CBT to improve their sleep. Patients with Bipolar disorder is a patient group with high levels of sleep difficulties. Sleep problems in this patient group can be both more general such as insomnia, but can also be related to the Bipolar disorder. Other research groups have studied the use of behaviorally sleep treatments in patients with Bipolar disorder, but more studies are needed. In a previous pilot study, the investigators of the current study developed a CBT protocol that would target sleep problems in this population. The basis was CBT for insomnia (CBT-i), but with more emphasis on achieving sleep promoting behaviors specific to Bipolar patients, for instance techniques that would also alleviate sleep phase problems, (e.g. the systematic use of light and darkness), and techniques to target more general sleep related problems (e.g. difficulties waking up in the morning), that are also common in patients with Bipolar disorder. This treatment was well tolerated and gave moderate effects on insomnia severity in the pilot study. In a naturalistic randomized controlled trial, the investigators now evaluate the effects of this psychological treatment on sleep and Bipolar symptoms in patients at the departments of Affective disorders, Northern Stockholm Psychiatry and Southwest Psychiatry, Stockholm, Sweden.
NCT04191876
Medication adherence is a challenge in all of medicine and is associated with multiple negative outcomes. Strategies to better measure and enhance adherence to medication are urgent and necessary to minimize unwanted health outcomes, hospitalizations, poorer quality of life and excessive costs for individuals, insurers and caregivers. Recently, behavioral economics-based approaches have emerged as a promising tool to address this unmet need, but its effectiveness in oral antipsychotic treatment remains to be assessed. For this project, investigators will use an app that offers financial incentives to increase compliance for patients with chronic diseases. Investigators intend to enroll 25 patients in a pilot project to assess feasibility of offering financial incentives to improve medication adherence in severe mental illness.
NCT03339596
EPO-T aims to investigate (i) whether short-term add-on treatment with erythropoietin (EPO) can reduce cognitive side-effects of ECT and (ii) whether such effects are long-lasting. Further, structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) will be used to explore the neural underpinnings of such beneficial effects of EPO. Finally, the trial examines whether potential protective effects of EPO on cognition are accompanied by changes in markers of oxidative stress, inflammation, and neuroplasticity. It is hypothesized that EPO treatment will (i) counteract ECT-induced cognitive decline, accompanied by (ii) increased sub-regional hippocampal volume, (iii) greater memory-related hippocampal activation and reinforcement of dorsolateral prefrontal activity during memory encoding and working memory, and (iv) changes in peripheral markers of inflammation, oxidative stress and neuroplasticity. Furthermore, we hypothesize that add-on EPO-treatment will produce greater, more sustained mood improvement than ECT treatment alone.
NCT05481957
Depressive episode of bipolar disorder is often the first symptom of patients with bipolar disorder, which is characterized by frequent recurrence, relatively long duration, high comorbidity rate and high fatality rate. People with bipolar disorder spend a third of their lives depressed, and it is these depressive symptoms that lead to long-term disability and early death. The treatment of bipolar depression is controversial. The latest Mood Disorders CPG guidelines recommend first-line therapy: quetiapine, lurasidone, lithium, valproate, lamotrigine monotherapy or combination of quetiapine, lurasidone plus Mood stabilizer, olanzapine plus fluoxetine therapy. In addition, the use of antidepressants is still controversial, and their efficacy, prognosis and risk of mania remain to be evaluated. Vortioxetine is a novel antidepressant with unique characteristics, and its multi-mode mechanism of action can be used to treat a wide spectrum of symptoms of depression. Current clinical experience suggests that the clinical conversion rate of vortioxetine is low, and the depressive symptoms and cognitive symptoms of people with depressive episodes are significantly improved. As of September 2019, a total of 4.87 million patient years (nearly 3 months of treatment with 20 million patients) were treated with vortioxetine in PSUR (Periodic Safety Update), with 51 reported cases of hypomania and 322 reported cases of mania. Based on the above data, the post-marketing conversion rate of vortioxetine is approximately 1 in 10,000 patient-years or 1 in 40,000 patients. Therefore, the efficacy and risk of transferring to mania of vortioxetine in bipolar II depressive episode deserve further investigation.
