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NCT05065294Active, not recruitingPhase 2

Psilocybin Therapy for Depression in Bipolar II Disorder

An Open-Label Pilot Study Examining the Feasibility, Safety, and Effectiveness of Psilocybin Therapy for Depression in Bipolar II Disorder

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 Sept 2024

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety, tolerability, and feasibility of psilocybin therapy in people with Bipolar II Disorder.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
14 (estimated)
First submitted
14 Sept 2021
Start date
28 Jan 2022
Primary completion date
1 Aug 2024
Lead sponsor
University of California, San Francisco
NCT number
NCT05065294

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 14
  • From 28 Jan 2022 to the primary completion date, 1 Aug 2024
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Current or previous diagnosis of Bipolar I Disorder
  • Regular use of medications that may have problematic interactions with psilocybin, including but not limited to antidepressants (Bupropion allowed), serotonin antagonists, some antipsychotics, dopamine agonists/antagonists, stimulants, opioids, and Lithium.

Other illness

  • History of schizophrenia spectrum or psychotic disorder
  • Current diagnosis of cancer
  • Seizures that continue to the present
  • A health condition that makes this study unsafe or unfeasible, determined by study physicians

Other

  • Use of psychedelics within the past 6 months, including MDMA
  • Fear of blood or needles

Who the study is looking for

  • Age 18 to 70
  • Comfortable speaking and writing in English
  • Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder II with current depression
  • Have a care partner/support person available throughout the study
  • Able to attend all in-person visits at UCSF as well as virtual visits
  • Having tried at least one previous medication trials for their bipolar disorder, each lasting at 6 weeks or more.

Age in the registry: 18 years to 70 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
University of California San Francisco
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San FranciscoUnited StatesUnknown status

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