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Ketogenic Diet for Depression

NCT06105762 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2023-10-30

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Summary

Globally, it's estimated that around 300 million people are affected by depressive illness, and even with access to modern mental health care, long-term recovery is uncommon. Recently, there has been increasing interest in a promising intervention: the ketogenic diet. This diet restricts carbohydrate intake, promoting the breakdown of fats into circulating ketone bodies, which can act as an additional energy source for the brain, potentially reducing its reliance on glucose. While various sources of evidence suggest the potential benefits of the ketogenic diet for individuals with depression, robust clinical studies on its efficacy in depressed patients are lacking. Our goal is to conduct an eight-week, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled trial to investigate the therapeutic effects of a very low-carbohydrate, high-fat ketogenic diet compared to an active comparator diet in individuals with depression.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Ketogenic Diet

The ketogenic diet intervention, administered as a Modified Atkins Diet, involves a significantly reduced daily carbohydrate intake, typically less than 20 grams of net carbs. This approach primarily relies on higher fat consumption to induce ketosis, a metabolic state characterized by elevated ketone body production, serving as an alternative brain fuel source.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Psychiatric Clinics Basel

    lead NETWORK

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-01
Primary Completion
2027-01-01
Completion
2027-07-01

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