Sobreiro Matildes de Freitas Menezes, Silveira Paulo Sergio Panse, Cavenaghi Vitor Breseghello, da Costa Leandro Paulino, de Souza Bruno Pinatti Ferreira, Takahashi Rachel Emy Straus, Starek Renato Vianna Marotta, Siqueira José Oliveira, Fraguas Renerio
Grupo de Interconsultas, Departamento e Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clínicas Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo CEP 05403-903, SP, Brazil.
Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo CEP 05403-903, SP, Brazil.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2025 Jan 27;18(2):173. doi: 10.3390/ph18020173.
: Ketamine/esketamine has a rapid/robust antidepressant effect on treatment-resistant depression (TRD). However, its long-term cognitive effects remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the potential cognitive effects of an esketamine spray on a series of TRD patients. : We evaluated the cognitive performance of eight TRD patients subjected to an esketamine nasal spray as an adjunct treatment for six months. Cognitive assessments were performed before treatment initiation (T0) and at three (T3) and six (T6) months by an experienced neuropsychologist using a comprehensive neuropsychological battery. Depression severity was assessed by the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale. Changes in cognitive performance were analyzed by determining the bias between time points. To investigate the association between the severity of depression and performance on cognitive tests, we used correlation with correction for repeated measures and regression analysis with a general linear mixed model. We used the Tukey method to compare three estimates and the Dunnett method to compare two estimates. : Improvements in at least one test from T0 to T6 were found for attention, memory, and the executive functions of working memory, set-shifting, and inhibitory control. Most of the improvements had occurred by T3, but working memory and set-shifting improvements were significant only at T6. The severity of depression decreased significantly from T0 to T6, and most cognitive improvements were correlated with an improvement in depression severity. No test indicated a worsening of cognitive performance from T0 to T6. : Our results suggest that the cognitive performance of TRD patients improved with long-term adjunct treatment with an esketamine nasal spray. Confirmatory studies are necessary.
氯胺酮/艾氯胺酮对难治性抑郁症(TRD)具有快速/强效的抗抑郁作用。然而,其长期认知影响仍不明确。在本研究中,我们调查了艾氯胺酮喷雾剂对一系列TRD患者的潜在认知影响。
我们评估了8例接受艾氯胺酮鼻喷雾剂辅助治疗6个月的TRD患者的认知表现。在治疗开始前(T0)以及治疗3个月(T3)和6个月(T6)时,由一位经验丰富的神经心理学家使用一套全面的神经心理测试组合进行认知评估。抑郁严重程度通过蒙哥马利-阿斯伯格抑郁评定量表进行评估。通过确定各时间点之间的偏差来分析认知表现的变化。为了研究抑郁严重程度与认知测试表现之间的关联,我们使用了重复测量校正的相关性分析以及一般线性混合模型的回归分析。我们使用Tukey方法比较三个估计值,使用Dunnett方法比较两个估计值。
从T0到T6,注意力、记忆力以及工作记忆、定势转换和抑制控制等执行功能方面至少有一项测试得到改善。大多数改善在T3时已经出现,但工作记忆和定势转换的改善仅在T6时显著。抑郁严重程度从T0到T6显著降低,并且大多数认知改善与抑郁严重程度的改善相关。没有测试表明从T0到T6认知表现恶化。
我们的结果表明,TRD患者的认知表现在长期使用艾氯胺酮鼻喷雾剂辅助治疗后得到改善。需要进行验证性研究。