CompletedN/Aketamine

Cognitive Recovery After Electroconvulsive Therapy and General Anesthesia

NCT ID

NCT02761330

Target Enrollment

17 participants

Start Date

2016-04

Est. Completion

2019-09-11

About This Study

This study is geared toward characterizing the recovery of brain activity and cognitive function following treatments of electroconvulsive therapy and ketamine general anesthesia.

Conditions Studied

DepressionDeliriumSeizuresCognitive Disorders

Interventions

•Ketamine
•Electroconvulsive Therapy

Eligibility

Age:18 Years - 60 Years

Healthy Volunteers:No

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Inclusion Criteria:

* Treatment resistant depression requiring outpatient ECT
* Planned right unilateral ECT stimulation
* English speaking
* Able to provide written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Known brain lesion or neurological illness that causes cognitive impairment
* Schizophrenia
* Schizoaffective disorder
* Blindness or deafness or motor impediments that may impair performance for cognitive testing battery
* Inadequate ECT seizure duration with etomidate

Study Locations (1)

Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, United States