SMILE Trial - Imaging Sub-Study
Sustained Mood Improvement With Laughing Gas Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial - Sub-Study Protocol to Include Neuroimaging
Sustained Mood Improvement With Laughing Gas Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial - Sub-Study Protocol to Include Neuroimaging
Sponsor study identifier
observational
11
1 country
1
Study Start
March 7, 2023
Actual (reported)Primary Completion
March 30, 2024
Actual (reported)Study Completion
June 14, 2024
Actual (reported)This is a pilot sub-study of an ongoing trial comparing N2O to midazolam in MDD and will examine neuroimaging correlates of treatment response.
Registry-reported information. Elapsed time and enrollment totals alone do not measure study progress or recruitment pace.
June 14, 2024
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September 2, 2022
Actual (reported)September 6, 2022
Actual (reported)March 7, 2023
Actual (reported)March 30, 2024
Actual (reported)June 14, 2024
Actual (reported)Brain functional activity and connectivity
Changes in brain functional activity and connectivity between baseline and after 4 weeks of receiving the intervention, measured by MR imaging.
4 weeks from the baseline visit
Participants assigned to this intervention arm in the main study will have been administered nitrous oxide at an inspiratory concentration of 50% with concurrent intravenous saline (100mL) for one hour.
Participants assigned to this intervention arm in the main study will have been administered 50% oxygen with intravenous midazolam (0.02mg/kg in 100mL) for one hour.
This sub-study does not have an intervention and based on the main study the participants who have received N2O will be compared with the midazolam placebo group.
This sub-study does not have an intervention and based on the main study the participants who have received N2O will be compared with the midazolam placebo group.
Patient participants were diagnosed as suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD) that meets the criteria of the Diagnosis and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-5), will be eligible to participate in this data collection study. Participants who have agreed to receive N2O treatments as part of the Interventional Psychiatry Clinical Program at St. Michael's Hospital will be approached and recruited.
St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1M8, Canada
Venkat Bhat, MD MSc
Unity Health Toronto
11 participants (actual enrollment reported by the registry).
First Submitted
September 2, 2022
First Posted
September 6, 2022
Study Start
March 7, 2023
Actual (reported)N2O for Acute Suicidality and Depression in the ED
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Primary Completion
March 30, 2024
Actual (reported)Study Completion
June 14, 2024
Actual (reported)Last Updated
March 27, 2026
Record last verified: 2024-06
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