Sanacora 2014 (a).
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | Double‐blind randomised controlled trial | |
Participants |
Diagnosis: DSM‐IV major depressive disorder; at least two adequate lifetime antidepressant trials that failed; HRSD‐17 score ≥ 20 N: 34 Age: lanicemine group M = 47.6 (SE = 3.0); placebo group M = 43.9 (SE = 3.0) Sex: lanicemine group 56% female; placebo group 61% female Baseline depression severity: lanicemine group HAM‐D = 25.9 (SD = 1.1); placebo group MADRS = 25.4 (SD = 0.8) |
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Interventions | 1 single IV infusion Lanicemine (AZD6765) (N = 16) 100 mg infused over 60 minutes Placebo (N = 18) 0.9% saline infused over 60 minutes Concomitant treatment: Unclear |
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Outcomes | MADRS
VAS
BPRS
CogState Adverse events |
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Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Quote: ''double‐blind randomized study'' no further details given |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Quote: ''double‐blind randomized study'' no further details given |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Quote: ''double‐blind'' no further details given |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Quote: ''double‐blind'' no further details given |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Dropouts not reported |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Protocol unavailable. Data reported matches methods |
Other bias | Low risk | No other potential sources of bias identified |