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. 2021 Oct 25;21:526. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03538-y

Table 2.

Baseline Psychiatric History

Category Esk28 (N = 41) Esk56 (N = 40) Esk84 (N = 41) Placebo (N = 80) Total (N = 202)
Baseline MADRS total score
 Mean (SD) 38.4 (6.07) 37.9 (5.41) 35.9 (5.28) 37.7 (5.65) 37.5 (5.64)
Baseline CGI-S score
 Mean (SD) 4.7 (0.69) 4.7 (0.73) 4.7 (0.75) 4.7 (0.79) 4.7 (0.75)
Baseline CGI-Sa, n (%)
 Moderately ill 18 (43.9%) 19 (47.5%) 19 (46.3%) 36 (45.0%) 92 (45.5%)
 Markedly ill 18 (43.9%) 15 (37.5%) 15 (36.6%) 31 (38.8%) 79 (39.1%)
 Severely ill 5 (12.2%) 6 (15.0%) 7 (17.1%) 11 (13.8%) 29 (14.4%)
 extremely ill patients 0 0 0 2 (2.5%) 2 (1.0%)
Baseline C-SSRSb, n (%)
 No event 33 (80.5%) 33 (82.5%) 36 (87.8%) 60 (75.0%) 162 (80.2%)
 Suicidal ideation 8 (19.5%) 7 (17.5%) 5 (12.2%) 20 (25.0%) 40 (19.8%)
Duration of current episode at screening (weeks)
 Mean (SD) 73.9 (115.38) 55.5 (46.99) 65.0 (98.93) 61.4 (118.89) 63.5 (103.04)
Number of previous treatments in current episodec, n (%)
 2 19 (46.3%) 22 (55.0%) 21 (51.2%) 42 (52.5%) 104 (51.5%)
 3 or more 22 (53.7%) 18 (45.0%) 20 (48.8%) 38 (47.5%) 98 (48.5%)
Number of episodes including current episode, n (%)
 1 1 (2.4%) 0 1 (2.4%) 1 (1.3%) 3 (1.5%)
 2–3 25 (61.0%) 30 (75.0%) 22 (53.7%) 56 (70.0%) 133 (65.8%)
  > 3 15 (36.6%) 10 (25.0%) 18 (43.9%) 23 (28.8%) 66 (32.7%)
Had been considered to be eligible for electroconvulsive therapy, n (%)
 Yes 10 (24.4%) 9 (22.5%) 11 (26.8%) 15 (18.8%) 45 (22.3%)
 No 31 (75.6%) 28 (70.0%) 25 (61.0%) 62 (77.5%) 146 (72.3%)
 Unknown 0 3 (7.5%) 5 (12.2%) 3 (3.8%) 11 (5.4%)

aThe CGI-S evaluates the severity of psychopathology on a scale of 0 to 7. Considering total clinical experience, a patient was assessed on severity of mental illness at the time of rating according to: 0 = not assessed; 1 = normal (not at all ill); 2 = borderline mentally ill; 3 = mildly ill; 4 = moderately ill; 5 = markedly ill; 6 = severely ill; and 7 = among the most extremely ill patients

bC-SSRS category: No event = 0; Suicidal ideation = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Suicidal behavior = 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

cNumber of AD medications taken for at least 6 weeks during the current episode as obtained from MGH-ATRQ and plus 1 for the new oral AD taken at screening phase

Abbreviations: AD antidepressant, CGI-S Clinical Global Impression-Severity, C-SSRS Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale, Esk esketamine, MADRS Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale, MGH-ATRQ Massachusetts General Hospital–Antidepressant Treatment Response Questionnaire, N number of patients, SD standard deviation