NCT06308653Active, not recruitingPhase 3
Psilocybin for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Psilocybin in Adults With Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 21 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Approximately 240 eligible adult participants (≥18 years old) who meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR) criteria for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) will be enrolled. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive a single oral dose of Psilocybin 25 mg, Psilocybin 5 mg, or inactive placebo. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of Psilocybin 25 mg versus placebo in adults with MDD, as assessed by the difference between groups in change in depressive symptoms from Baseline to Day 43 post-dose, and to characterize the durability of initial treatment effect and subsequent response to optional Psilocybin 25 mg re-administration(s) during the 1-year Follow-up Period.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 238 (actual)
- First submitted
- 6 Mar 2024
- Start date
- 13 Mar 2024
- Primary completion date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Usona Institute
- Diseases
- Depression
- NCT number
- NCT06308653
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Participants enrolled: 238
- From 13 Mar 2024 to the primary completion date, 5 Jan 2026
- 29 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Have a positive urine drug test for illicit, non-prescribed, or prohibited substances.
- Meet DSM-5-TR criteria for active post-traumatic stress disorder within 6 months prior to Screening.
Other illness
- Have neurological conditions such as stroke, including transient ischemic attack, epilepsy, neurodegenerative disease (e.g., dementia, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, etc.), or brain tumor.
- Have severe hepatic or renal impairment.
- Have uncontrolled diabetes mellitus or unstable existing thyroid disorder.
- Are hepatitis or HIV positive.
- Meet DSM-5-TR criteria for schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorders, including major depressive disorder with psychotic features ,bipolar disorder (types 1 or 2), antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder or moderate or severe alcohol or drug use disorder
- Have a first-degree relative with schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorders, or bipolar I disorder.
Lab values
- Have any of the following cardiovascular conditions: coronary artery disease, congenital long QT syndrome, cardiac hypertrophy, cardiac ischemia, congestive heart failure, clinically-relevant valvular heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, myocardial infarction, a clinically significant ECG abnormality, or tachycardia.
Other
- Participants who are pregnant, who intend to become pregnant during the trial, or who are currently nursing.
- Have elevated blood pressure.
Who the study is looking for
- Adults ≥18 years old.
- Able to swallow capsules.
- If of childbearing potential, agree to practice an effective means of birth control throughout the duration of the study.
- Meet the DSM-5-TR criteria for a diagnosis of major depressive disorder and are currently experiencing a major depressive episode of at least a 60-day duration at the time of Screening.
- Have at least moderate severity of depression symptoms at Screening and Trial Baseline.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (29)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of New Mexico (UNM) Interdisciplinary Substance Use and Brain Injury (ISUBI) Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Albuquerque | United States | Unknown status |
| Emory University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Unknown status |
| Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Unknown status |
| Seattle Neuropsychiatric Treatment Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bellevue | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Alabama Clinical Research Unit Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Birmingham | United States | Unknown status |
| Great Lakes Clinical Trials Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
| CenExel iResearch, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Decatur | United States | Unknown status |
| Mountain View Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Denver | United States | Unknown status |
| Cedar Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Draper | United States | Unknown status |
| Preferred Research Partners-NWA, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fayetteville | United States | Unknown status |
| Clinical NeuroScience Solutions Inc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Jacksonville | United States | Unknown status |
| Kadima Neuropsychiatry Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | La Jolla | United States | Unknown status |
| Innovative Clinical Research, Inc. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lauderhill | United States | Unknown status |
| Preferred Research Partners, Inc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Little Rock | United States | Unknown status |
| West LA VA Medical Center - Mental Health Department Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Unknown status |
| Cedar Clinical Research, Inc. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Murray | United States | Unknown status |
| Connecticut Mental Health Center, Yale University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Haven | United States | Unknown status |
| NYU Clinical & Translational Science Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Omaha | United States | Unknown status |
| Clinical Neuroscience Solutions, Inc. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orlando | United States | Unknown status |
| Aim Trials, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Plano | United States | Unknown status |
| Global Medical Institutes LLC; Princeton Medical Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Princeton | United States | Unknown status |
| Sunstone Medical, PC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rockville | United States | Unknown status |
| Clinical Trials of Texas LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Unknown status |
| Psychedelic Science Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santa Monica | United States | Unknown status |
| Pacific Neuroscience Institute (PNI) at Saint John's Physician Partners Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santa Monica | United States | Unknown status |
| Washington University School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | St Louis | United States | Unknown status |
| Bronx Veterans Research Foundation at the James J. Peters VAMC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | The Bronx | United States | Unknown status |
| VA Portland Health Care System Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vancouver | United States | Unknown status |
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