Impact of Repeated Doses of Subcutaneous Esketamine on Acute Dissociative Symptoms in Treatment-Resistant Depression

Autor: Lorena Catarina Del Sant, Luciana Maria Sarin, Ana Cecília Lucchese, Eduardo Jorge Muniz Magalhães, Marco Aurélio Tuena, Carolina Nakahira, José Alberto Del Porto, Acioly Luiz Tavares De Lacerda, Jair de Jesus Mari
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Pharmaceuticals, Vol 16, Iss 1, p 31 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1424-8247
DOI: 10.3390/ph16010031
Popis: Background: Esketamine has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an adjunctive treatment for use in conjunction with an oral antidepressant for patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), but dissociative symptoms are common adverse effects. Methods: A retrospective analysis of 394 subcutaneous esketamine injections given to 70 patients with TRD that were administered once a week during a six-week trial in conjunction with oral antidepressant therapy. Doses between 0.5 to 1.0 mg/kg were administered according to the patient’s response. Dissociative symptoms were assessed using the Clinician-Administered Dissociative States Scale (CADSS) 30 and 60 min after every weekly treatment (day 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and 36). Results: Seventy patients received a total of 394 subcutaneous esketamine injections over six weeks. Over time, the evolution of CADSS scores demonstrated a significant mean difference of CADSS at 60 min post-injection (p = 0.010) throughout the six infusions. The mean CADSS scores at 60 min on day 22, 29 and 36 were similar. There were no differences between mean CADSS scores 30 min after the injections, no clinical correlation between response and dissociative symptoms, no correlation between time and demographic and clinical characteristics and no interactions between time and combined medication. Conclusions: Our results suggest that repeated subcutaneous esketamine doses are safe and well-tolerated regarding their acute dissociative and psychotomimetic symptoms. Symptoms usually peak at 30 min and decrease at 60 min post-injection, returning to their pretreatment levels at 120 min. Dissociative symptoms do not correlate with antidepressant response.
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