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Project Number: | I01CX001205-01A1 |
| Title: | Ketamine for Treatment Resistant Late-Life Depression |
| Principal Investigator: | Sanjay J. Mathew |
| Location: | Houston, TX |
| Congressional District Code: | 9 |
| Research Service: | Clinical Science R&D |
| Project Period: | October 2015 - March 2021 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $0 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$840,821 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Project Summary/Abstract: More than eleven million (45.7%) U.S. Veterans are at least 65 years of age with up to 20% suffering from depression. Late-life depression is a common disorder which is often under-diagnosed and under-treated and has been associated with increased functional impairment regardless of symptom severity. Real-world effectiveness of antidepressants is sub-optimal or incomplete in up to two-thirds of patients with treatment resistant depression (Trivedi, 2006; Rush, 2006). F... |