University of Iowa Interventional Psychiatry Service Patient Registry

NCT ID: NCT04480918

Last Updated: 2025-02-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 1000 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-11-02
• Study Completion Date: 2050-08-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of interventional/procedural therapies for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). These treatments include electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), racemic ketamine infusion and intranasal esketamine insufflation. The investigators will obtain various indicators, or biomarkers, of a depressed individuals' state before, during, and/or after these treatments. Such biomarkers include neurobehavioral testing, neuroimaging, electroencephalography, cognitive testing, vocal recordings, epi/genetic testing, and autonomic nervous system measures (i.e. "fight-or-flight" response). The results obtained from this study may provide novel antidepressant treatment response biomarkers, with the future goal of targeting a given treatment to an individual patient ("personalized medicine").

Detailed Description

Treatment response biomarkers in TRD and OCD have been and will remain an active area of research. Interventional treatments in psychiatry, e.g. ECT, TMS, racemic ketamine infusions and intranasal esketamine insufflations, offer exciting opportunities for biomarker discovery due their procedural nature (obviating concerns for treatment non-adherence in non-supervised settings), more rapid-onset, and larger effect sizes than typically seen with traditional antidepressant medications or evidence-based psychotherapies. Although no well-replicated TRD biomarkers have been approved for standard clinical use, several potential biomarkers have been investigated across multiple modalities, i.e. neuroimaging(1,2), autonomic function(3,4), genetics(5-7), electroencephalography (EEG) (8,9), and computational analysis of behavior or speech(10). These studies have promising early results but often insufficient predictive power at the subject-level. The investigators anticipate that combinatorial, multimodal biomarkers will enhance predictive power and, as a result, improve treatment personalization in major depression.

The University of Iowa Interventional Psychiatry Service Patient Registry systematically collects data from TRD and OCD patients undergoing procedural treatment(s) for major depression. First, the investigators seek to replicate and/or extend discoveries from prior investigations, e.g. TMS-induced autonomic changes as positive predictors of antidepressant efficacy. The investigators will also compare and contrast differences, not only in response to a given therapy, but also how individual subjects respond across different treatment modalities, e.g. how does functional connectivity in the brain change in response to an effective course of TMS as opposed to ECT? Such findings could inform the future development of clinical guidelines; this is especially critical as some of these treatment modalities have only recently been approved for TRD by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, e.g. intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) and intranasal esketamine insufflation and dTMS for OCD.

Next, a longitudinal database may also be valuable for future biomarker discovery and/or replication in independent samples, i.e. an epigenetic signature of antidepressant treatment response to an interventional modality identified by another research group. Similarly, this patient registry could be valuable for collaborative research with other institutions administering interventional treatments in psychiatry.

Conditions

Treatment Resistant Depression; Major Depressive Episode; Major Depression; Major Depressive Disorder; Bipolar Disorder; Bipolar Depression; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Major Depressive Episode

After referral to the University of Iowa's Interventional Psychiatry Clinic, the patient will be clinically evaluated and, if appropriate, commence the procedural-based treatment course.

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Intervention Type: DEVICE

ECT for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression OR Bipolar Disorder in an active major depressive episode

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Intervention Type: DEVICE

TMS for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression in an active major depressive episode

Ketamine

Intervention Type: DRUG

Intravenous ketamine infusion for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression in an active major depressive episode

Esketamine

Intervention Type: DRUG

Intranasal esketamine insufflation for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression in an active major depressive episode

Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (dTMS)

Intervention Type: DEVICE

TMS for the treatment of OCD

Interventions

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

ECT for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression OR Bipolar Disorder in an active major depressive episode

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

TMS for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression in an active major depressive episode

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Ketamine

Intravenous ketamine infusion for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression in an active major depressive episode

Intervention Type: DRUG

Esketamine

Intranasal esketamine insufflation for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression in an active major depressive episode

Intervention Type: DRUG

Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (dTMS)

TMS for the treatment of OCD

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. 18-99 years of age

2. English-speaker with a level of understanding sufficient to agree to clinical treatment with a treatment modality offered by the Interventional Psychiatry Service, all required research procedures, and sign an informed consent document

3. Clinical diagnosis of a major depressive episode in the context of major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder or treatment-resistant OCD evaluated by a provider on the Interventional Psychiatry Service and felt to be an appropriate candidate for clinical treatment with a treatment modality offered by the Interventional Psychiatry Service.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Age less than 18 years

2. A primary neuropsychiatric diagnosis that is not either major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder

3. Serious, unstable medical conditions/problems including hepatic, renal, gastroenterologic, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrinologic, neurologic, immunologic, or hematologic disease, e.g. uncontrolled asthma, uncontrolled hyper/hypothyroidism or active cancer.

4. Involuntary commitment to psychiatry inpatient units

1. The presence of an implanted device including pacemaker, coronary stent, defibrillator, or neurostimulation device that is not MRI-compatible

2. The presence of ferromagnetic objects in the body, i.e. bullets, shrapnel, and/or metal slivers

3. Clinically-significant claustrophobia

4. Clinically-significant hearing loss

5. Pregnant or nursing women or women of child bearing potential not using at least one medically accepted means of contraception (to include oral, injectable, or implant birth control, condom or diaphragm with spermicide, intrauterine devices (IUD), tubal ligation, abstinence, or partner with vasectomy)

6. The presence of any medical illness likely to alter brain morphology and/or physiology (e.g., hypertension, diabetes) even if controlled by medications

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 99 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Mark Niciu

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Mark Niciu

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Mark J Niciu, M.D., Ph. D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

Nicholas T Trapp, M.D., M.S.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

Locations

University of Iowa Health Care

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

United States

Central Contacts

Karin Nielsen, MS

Role: CONTACT

karin-nielsen@uiowa.edu

319-384-6521

Emerson Buse, BA

Role: CONTACT

emerson-buse@uiowa.edu

319-353-8536

Facility Contacts

Benjamin Pace, M.S.

Role: primary

benjamin-pace@uiowa.edu

319-384-9302

Alex Alario, B.S.

Role: backup

alexandra-alario@uiowa.edu

319-384-8470

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Other Identifiers

202003055

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id