Pierre Blier, MD, PhD

Randomized, Double-Blind Study of Fixed-Dose Esketamine Nasal Spray Plus Oral Antidepressant vs. Active Control in Treatment-Resistant Depression

Aim: Compare efficacy and safety of fixed doses of esketamine nasal spray plus oral antidepressant (AD) to oral AD plus placebo nasal spray for treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Met...

Dawn Vitagliano , BA;

Michael Liebowitz , MD;

Arun Ravindran , MB, PhD, MSc;

Raphael Gaillard , MD, PhD;

Hans van den Ameele , MD;

Maurizio Fava , MD, PhD;

Ella Daly , MB, BCh, BAO;

Madhukar Trivedi , MD;

Wayne Drevets , MD;

Jaskaran Singh , MD;

Rosanne Lane , MD, MSc, MS;

Maggie Fedgchin , PharmD;

Pilar Lim , MD, PhD;

Pierre Blier , MD, PhD;

David Hough , MD;

Rama Melkote , MSc, MPH;

Husseini Manji , MD;

03/01/2019

Esketamine Nasal Spray Combined With an Oral Antidepressant for Relapse Prevention in Treatment-Resistant Depression: Results of a Double-Blind, Randomized Withdrawal, Multicenter Study (SUSTAIN-1)

Background: Numerous studies have demonstrated short-term efficacy of esketamine in treatment-resistant depression (TRD), whereas long-term antidepressant effects remain to be established...

John Zajecka , MD;

Madhukar Trivedi , MD;

Andrew Winokur , MD, PhD;

Wayne Drevets , MD;

Ilona Divacka , MBA, MD;

Jaskaran Singh , MD;

Andrea Fagiolini , MD;

Wieslaw Cubala , MD, PhD;

Xiang Li , PhD;

Pierre Blier , MD, PhD;

Rosanne Lane , MD, MSc, MS;

Richard Shelton , MD;