Status: Recruiting
Feasibility and Safety of Ketamine for Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department
There is currently no readily available pharmacologic intervention for suicidal ideation, a true psychiatric emergency, in the Emergency Department (ED). Investigators aim to trial low-dose, intravenous ketamine, a drug with well-established use in treatment-resistant depression, for patients who present to the ED with suicidal ideation.
Participants needed: 50
Trial details
Phase: Phase 1Age: 18-65Biological sex: AllType: InterventionalSponsor: Lindsay Maguire, MDUpdated: Apr 15, 2026Locations: 2
Eligibility criteria
Acutely Suicidality ("yes" answer to any of items 4 or 5 on C-SSRS "Suicidal Ide... [+4]
Current or past history of psychosis [+12]