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Ketamine for Veterans With Parkinson's Disease

VA Office of Research and Development
NCT IDNCT06231563ClinicalTrials.gov data as of Apr 2026
Phase

Phase 2

Target enrollment

80

Study length

about 4.2 years

Ages

40–80

Locations

1 site in CA

What this study is about

Researchers are testing if ketamine, given as an intravenous (IV) injection, can improve depression in Veterans with Parkinson's disease. The trial will also examine how ketamine affects neuroplasticity and inflammation in these individuals. It aims to determine if ketamine could be a useful treatment for Veterans with Parkinson's disease.

Simplified from trial records by PatientMatch.

What you may be asked to do

  • 1.Take Ketamine
  • 2.Take Remimazolam

Participation Burden

What's physically and logistically required of participants.

Logistics & Travel
In-person visits

Requires travel to a study site

Physical Intervention
Injection / IVInjection / IV

How treatment is administered

Treatment Assignment
Randomized & Blinded

You may get a placebo/standard care, and you won't know which.

Extracted study details

Pulled from the trial record to show what is being tested and what the study is measuring.

Drug classes

ketamine (NMDA receptor antagonist; induces dissociative anesthesia and analgesia), remimazolam

Drug routes

injection, intravenous

Endpoints

Primary: Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)

Secondary: Enhanced Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms for Parkinson's Disease (eSAPS- PD), Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-7 (HAMD-7), Incidence, severity, and frequency of Adverse Events (AEs) including Treatment- Emergent AEs (TEAEs) and Serious AEs (SAEs), Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), Movement Disorder Society revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS), Patient- Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®), Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (Neuro-QoLTM)

Body systems

Neurology