expert reaction to trial looking at ketamine versus ECT for ...

Ketamine is at least as good as ECT and causes less memory loss: this trial in people whose depression was bad enough to need ECT is unequivocal.

Ketamine versus ECT for Nonpsychotic Treatment-Resistant Major ...

Ketamine was noninferior to ECT as therapy for treatment-resistant major depression without psychosis. (Funded by the Patient-Centered ...

expert reaction to systematic review and meta-analysis comparing ...

Across all studies, it was not possible to be sure whether ECT or ketamine was the more effective treatment, although the participants treated ...

Ketamine versus ECT for Nonpsychotic Treatment-Resistant Major ...

A total of 55.4% of the patients in the ketamine group and 41.2% of those in the ECT group had a response (difference, 14.2 percentage points; ...

Efficacy and Safety of Ketamine vs Electroconvulsive Therapy ...

Findings This systematic review and meta-analysis of 6 trials with 340 patients suggests that ECT may be superior to ketamine in improving ...

Efficacy and Safety of Ketamine vs Electroconvulsive Therapy ...

This systematic review and meta-analysis of 6 trials with 340 patients suggests that ECT may be superior to ketamine in improving depression severity. Findings ...

Ketamine non-Inferiority to ECT for nonpsychotic resistant depression

Ketamine versus ECT for Nonpsychotic Treatment-Resistant Major ... Commentary: Expert reaction to trial looking at ketamine versus ECT ...

Severity of Resistant Depression Predicts Ketamine vs ECT Response

The severity of TRD appeared to predict response to IV ketamine vs ECT. However, experts said more research is needed before drawing any ...

A comparison of the safety, feasibility, and tolerability of ECT and ...

The field awaits the results of two ongoing large comparative effectiveness trials of ECT and IV ketamine for TRD, which should help guide clinicians and ...

Study Finds Ketamine is at Least as Effective as ECT for Treating ...

A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham has found that subanesthetic intravenous ketamine was effective and not inferior ...

A randomized, crossover comparison of ketamine ... - BMC Psychiatry

Cognitive testing is being used to assess and compare potential effects of repeated ECT and ketamine treatment on cognitive function, and as a ...

Positive effects of intravenous ketamine for treatment-resistant ...

Ketamine had a 55% response rate versus ECT, which had a 41% response rate at the end of the three weeks of treatment. The sample size was the ...

What a new study reveals about ketamine for treatment-resistant ...

During a six-month follow-up, 19% of patients who had a treatment response in the ketamine group experienced a relapse at month one, compared ...

ECT and ketamine in the treatment of depression - a response

Ian Anderson, the chief investigator of a new study looking at the effectiveness of ECT and ketamine on depression, responds to claims that ...

Trial Finds Ketamine and ECT About Equally Effective for Most ...

In a clinical trial involving hundreds of patients, ketamine has been found to be about as effective as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for ...

Ketamine a Viable Alternative to ECT for Severe Depression?

ECT is the gold standard for treatment-resistant depression, but a new head-to-head trial suggests ketamine is at least as effective, and ...

Medical assistance in living after failure of ECT and ketamine | JPN

A 33-year-old single, childless man with treatment-resistant unipolar depression was referred for participation in our cross-over trial ...

Johns Hopkins Clinician-Scientists Participate in National Study on ...

A groundbreaking clinical trial has determined that the medication ketamine appears as effective as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for ...

Ketamine versus electroconvulsive therapy for major depressive ...

Among inpatients, ECT was superior to ketamine in response rate, remission rate, and change in depression scores.

Ketamine vs. ECT for Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression

Ketamine produced numerically greater response rates than ECT, but response faded over time in both groups. The response rate for ECT was ...