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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT06257056
Deep Brain Stimulation for Psychosis
Closed Loop Neuromodulation for Treatment-refractory Schizophrenia: A Pilot Study
There are three hypotheses proposed for this study: 1) Participants will report no unanticipated serious adverse events during the eight months of treatment. 2) Investigators will successfully model psychotic versus non-psychotic brain states using support vector machine (SVM) classifiers. 3) Participants specific brain stimulation parameters can induce a change in the brain state consistent with non-psychotic states as measured by classifier output. Hypotheses 1, 2, and 3 address safety and tolerability, efficacy, and the putative mechanism of successful treatment.
The overall objective is to use next generation Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) combined with antecedent stereo electroencephalogram (SEEG) mapping to establish a new therapy for treatment-refractory schizophrenia given the limitations of current treatment modalities.
The primary objective is to demonstrate safety of acute and chronic network guided stimulation for treatment-refractory schizophrenia.
Exploratory Objectives:
- Use intracranial mapping (SEEG) combined with pharmacological manipulation of psychotic states to create a protocol for participant specific deep brain stimulation to treat treatment-refractory schizophrenia.
- Develop closed loop stimulation protocols to modify brain states during psychotic brain activity induced by low-dose ketamine administration.
- Investigate the use of mnemonic similarity to characterize brain networks related to symptoms of treatment-refractory schizophrenia.
- Treatment-related objectives: Record a reduction in psychotic symptoms, as well as an improvement in psychosocial function and cognition.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Hila Abush Segev, Ph.D
- Phone Number: 214-648-0401
- Email: Hila.AbushSegev@UTSouthwestern.edu
Study Locations
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Texas
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Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390
- Recruiting
- UT Southwestern Medical Center
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Contact:
- Hila Abush Segev, Ph.D
- Phone Number: 214-648-0401
- Email: Hila.AbushSegev@UTSouthwestern.edu
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men and women (non-pregnant) between ages 22 and 70;
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) -5 diagnosis (assessed by Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Axis I disorders SCID-5) of schizophrenia as the primary diagnosis.
- Medically healthy, without any acute serious medical disorders
- Treatment refractory and previous trials of treatment defined as: Demonstrated non-sustained response to at least two different antipsychotic drugs from two different chemical families. And demonstrated non-sustained response to at least either an electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or a clozapine trial.
- Suffering from active and ongoing psychotic symptoms of a continuous and aversive nature.
- The PANSS must remain greater than or equal to 90 on two separate assessments (at initial screening and 1 week before surgery), over a 1-month period;
- At least one item on the PANSS positive subscale is 5 or greater.
- Normal brain MRI within 3 months of surgery;
- Stable antipsychotic medication regimen for the month preceding surgery;
- Normal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level within 12 months of study entry;
- Other medical conditions must be stable for at least 6 months;
- Able and willing to give informed consent and agree to attend regular clinic visits for at least 12 months following surgery;
- Able to have a treating psychiatrist or close relative present for discussions about the study and co-sign informed consent;
- Willingness to sign Treatment Contract.
- Participants with a family or caregiver support system to aid the participant throughout the study will be preferentially selected for inclusion.
For women of childbearing potential:
- Required to provide a negative pregnancy blood test during screening phase of the study, and during several additional timepoints throughout study participation.
- Obligated to use highly effective (those that when used alone or in combination, result in a low failure rate [i.e., less than 1 percent per year], when used consistently and correctly) methods of birth control throughout study participation.
- Will be allowed to participate in the study only after a confirmed menstrual period.
- For men: Obligated to use highly effective (those that when used alone or in combination, result in a low failure rate [i.e., less than 1 percent per year], when used consistently and correctly) methods of birth control throughout study participation.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Active alcohol or substance use disorder within 6 months, excluding nicotine; Urine drug test positive for illicit drugs;
- Current substantial suicidal risk as defined by a plan or clear immediate intent for self-harm, or made a suicide attempt within the last year; or as identified as The Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS),
- Neurological/Medical condition that makes the participant, in the opinion of the surgeon, a poor surgical candidate (e.g., progressive neurodegenerative disorder, significant cardiopulmonary disorder, need for chronic anticoagulation);
- Any history of seizure disorder, hemorrhagic stroke, or has high risk of seizure (history of congenital brain malformation, history of brain injury, neuro-developmental disorder, currently taking medication that is known to lower seizure threshold, or other factors that predispose seizures);
- Any medical contraindication to surgery such as infection;
- Coagulopathy: Bleeding propensity and/or one of the following: international normalised ratio (INR) > 1.5; prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≥ 45 sec; platelet count < 100×103 /uL;
- Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic > 140mmHg and/or diastolic > 90 mmHg), demonstrated on each of three repeated measurements taken within one hour regardless of whether or not the participant is taking antihypertensive medications.
- Patients with a heart-rate corrected QT interval (QTc) of > 450 msec
- Participation in another drug, device, or biological study within 90 days;
- Current implanted stimulation devices including cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators, and neurostimulators including spinal cord stimulators and deep brain stimulators;
- Need for Diathermy;
- Chronic use of anticoagulant or anti-platelet agents that cannot be safely stopped for a sufficient duration (minimum 2.5 weeks) in the peri-operative period.
- Any Psychiatric/Neurological/Medical condition that makes the participant, in the opinion of the Investigator, a poor candidate.
- A female participant of childbearing potential who is not able or willing to use highly effective (those that when used alone or in combination, result in a low failure rate [i.e., less than 1 percent per year], when used consistently and correctly) methods of birth control throughout the duration of participation in the trial.
- A female participant of childbearing potential who is not able or willing to provide a negative pregnancy blood test during the screening phase of the study and during several additional timepoints throughout study participation. Specifically, the investigators will require a pregnancy test on the day of ketamine (or placebo) administration to avoid the risk of administering ketamine to a pregnant patient.
- A separate cardiac condition that, in the opinion of study physician would present an unacceptable risk of undergoing general anesthesia or ketamine administration.
- Participants with poorly controlled hypertension or persistent tachycardia, at baseline, will be excluded.
- Participants who are taking an anti-depressant medication.
Any known contraindications for ketamine and/or esketamine (Spravato):
- Patients for whom a significant elevation of blood pressure would constitute a serious hazard, according to the opinion of the study PI.
- Patients with known hypersensitivity to ketamine, esketamine, or to any of the excipients.
- Patients with Aneurysmal vascular disease (including thoracic and abdominal aorta, intracranial, and peripheral arterial vessels) or arteriovenous malformation.
- Patients with a history of intracerebral hemorrhage.
- Patients with resting heart rate over 90 or below 55 beats per minute (BPM)
- Participants taking a medication with a known interaction with ketamine or esketamine (amphetamines, monoamine oxidase (MAO)-Is, aminophylline, theophylline, norepinephrine, epinephrine, vasopressin, dobutamine, ephedrine, ethanol, Ergometrine/Ergonovine). Patients taking benzodiazepines will not be excluded as this is recommended to prompt monitoring of patients in the information for esketamine. Dr. McDonagh will review such cases including for symptoms of sedation associated with their use and the dosage and duration of therapy for each. The investigators will exclude subjects who have any evidence of central nervous system (CNS) depression, such as decreased level of arousal or respiratory depression, thought to be linked with CNS depressants. The investigators will use the PRODIGY score to exclude any patient taking one of these medicines determined to be HIGH risk (score of 15 points or higher, https://www.apsf.org/wp-content/uploads/newsletters/online-only/202006/PRODIGY-Interactive-Risk-Assessment-Tool.pdf). The investigators note that ketamine has been used as an adjunct for sedation with benzodiazepines and opiates in the anesthesia environment, and the FDA's guidance on ketamine states: "KETALAR has been studied in over 12,000 operative and diagnostic procedures, involving over 10,000 patients from 105 separate studies. During the course of these studies KETALAR was administered as the sole agent, as induction for other general agents, or to supplement low-potency agents."
- During the ketamine administration phase in the hospital, patients with a history of benzodiazepine (or other CNS depressant) usage will undergo more frequent documentation of respiratory rate and heart rate (every 10 minutes). All patients will undergo continuous pulse oximetry monitoring to initiate supportive measures if there is any evidence of respiratory depression. In any patient with a history of opiate or 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate (BZ) administration, the investigators will have both flumazenil and naloxone immediately available at the bedside for administration if there is any evidence of respiratory distress.
- On the day of planned ketamine (or placebo) administration, Dr. McDonagh will review all medicines being administered to the patient to ensure there is no potential interaction. This will be documented on the Ketamine Administration Checklist included in appendix 6.
- On the day of planned ketamine (or placebo) administration, subjects will undergo a urine drug screen to avoid the accidental administration of ketamine to a patient who tests positive for any agents that is contraindicated (such as psychostimulants or CNS depressants). This is now reflected in the ketamine administration checklist (appendix 6).
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Randomized Discontinuation Period: OFF then ON DBS
Subjects randomized to this arm are initially "OFF" DBS after the open label period then gradually decreased in their optimized setting's amplitude for 8 weeks and then "ON" DBS for 8 weeks.
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) refers to the process of delivering an electrical current to a precise location in the brain
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Experimental: Experimental: Randomized Discontinuation Period: ON then OFF DBS
Subjects randomized to this arm are initially "ON" DBS with optimized stimulation settings for 8 weeks after the open label period and then "OFF" DBS with gradually decreasing amplitude for 8 weeks.
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) refers to the process of delivering an electrical current to a precise location in the brain
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Demonstrate device safety
Time Frame: 3 years
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The primary objective is to demonstrate safety of acute and chronic network guided stimulation for treatment-refractory schizophrenia. This is determined if participants with the Deep Brain Stimulation Device demonstrate no significant device related serious adverse events (SAE). Device safety will be measured by number of reported SAE's in year 2 and 3. |
3 years
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Bradley Lega, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Principal Investigator: David McDonagh, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Principal Investigator: Nader Pouratian, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Principal Investigator: Carol Tamminga, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Estimated)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimated)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- STU-2023-0110
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
IPD Plan Description
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
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