Inflammatory Markers as Predictors of the Efficacy of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Major Depression Patients

Launched by THE CHAIM SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER · May 28, 2024

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Despite impressive progress in our understanding of the molecular, cellular and circuit-level correlates of major depression, the biological mechanisms that causally underlie this disorder remain unclear, hindering the development of effective novel therapeutic procedures. One possible reason for this situation is that almost all research in this area focuses on the involvement of abnormalities in neuronal functioning, whereas the involvement of non-neuronal brain cells, particularly microglia, has not been thoroughly investigated. Recent studies indicate that impairments of the normal stru...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Capable and willing to provide informed consent. Able to adhere to the treatment schedule. Are treated for the current depressive episode, at least four weeks, with at least one antidepressant in accepted dose, without improvement, according to their medical chart and ATHF (antidepressant treatment history form) instruction guidelines.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Diagnosis of an autoimmune disease. History of disturbances with bone marrow functioning. History of Oncologic Diseases. History of drug abuse or alcoholism in the last 6 months. Suffering from another diagnosis on axis 1, including schizophrenia, and geriatric depression.
• • Patients with any current unstable medical illness. Any condition involving fluid retention, pulmonary infiltrates, congestive heart failure, respiratory symptoms or disease, cardiac symptoms or disease, and renal or hepatic dysfunction Patients taking lithium or corticosteroids. Pregnancy or not using a reliable method of birth control. Neurodegenerative diseases (i.e: Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease). Participation in a current interventional clinical study or interventional clinical study within 30 days before this study.