A Long-Term Extension Study for Participants With Treatment-resistant Major Depressive Disorder Who Are Continuing Esketamine Nasal Spray Treatment

NCT04829318 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 183

Last updated 2025-09-18

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Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to assess the long-term safety and tolerability of esketamine nasal spray in combination with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor/serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SSRI/SNRI) in participants who have completed 32 weeks of esketamine nasal spray treatment in Study 54135419TRD3013 (NCT04338321).

Conditions

  • Depressive Disorder, Major

Interventions

DRUG

Esketamine

Esketamine will be self-administered as nasal spray.

DRUG

SSRI/SNRI

Participants will continue to take SSRI/SNRI that is approved for use in depression in their country of participation; off-label use of any SSRI/SNRI is not permitted. The continuing SSRI/SNRI dosage may be optimized throughout the study, at the investigator's discretion and based on the summary of product characteristics (SmPC) (or local equivalent, if applicable). During this LTE study, investigators will be allowed to switch individual participant's SSRI/SNRI for tolerability issues.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Janssen-Cilag Ltd.

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Janssen-Cilag Ltd. Clinical Trial · Janssen-Cilag Ltd.

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
74 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-04-26
Primary Completion
2024-07-22
Completion
2024-07-22
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • Argentina
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Czechia
  • Finland
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Malaysia
  • Poland
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Taiwan
  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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