KETAMINE 2024
Monday 25 – Wednesday 27 March 2024
Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford
Programme
Timings subject to change
The following speakers have confirmed that they will be coming to Oxford to present.
Speaker Name
Organisation
Short Title
Lateral habenula and social dominance
Where are we with the ketamine-opioid story?
Mesmer, Cardiac Surgery, and Ketamine: Appreciating the Power of Contextual Effects
Psilocybin and ketamine: two sides of the same coin?
Stanford University
An Open-label Clinical Trial Combining Ketamine Treatment with Written Exposure Therapy for Chronic PTSD
Daniel Silman
Long-term safety and durable efficacy of esketamine in TRD and ESCAPE-TRD
Prospective tracking of bladder symptoms in long term ketamine treatment
David Feifel
University of California
IV and subcutaneous R-Ketamine for TRD: phase 1 and 2a (Perception)
Colleen Loo
University of New South Wales
Cost-utility analysis of treatment initiation with subcutaneous ketamine for TRD from the KADS Study
Steve Levine
Compass Pathways
Implementation of emerging psychedelics: models of support and interventional psychiatry
Marco Fabus
University of Oxford
Routine electroencephalogram monitoring during ketamine antidepressant treatment in Oxford: preliminary results
Robert Schoevers
University of Groningen
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapies: a systematic review and historical overview
Julia Aepfelbacher
University of Pittsburgh
Experiences of awe mediate ketamine’s antidepressant effects: an RCT in TRD
Zoe Cormier
Author and Journalist
Jonathan Javitt
NRX Pharmaceuticals
From neurotoxicity to neuroplasticity: a lifesaving drug that must be used with respect
Celia Morgan
University of Exeter
Psychological mechanisms of change in ketamine treatment: findings of two mechanistic studies
Patrick Oliver
MindPeace Clinics
IV ketamine: RWE following induction
George Wohlford
University of Virginia
Machine learning predictors of response to ketamine in 1047 patients
Shahar Almog
University of Florida
The misuse potential of medicinal (off-label) ketamine: RWE in the US
Morgan Hardy
RAF Lakenheath
Ketamine for depression and PTSD in the military: an untapped opportunity?
Tiago Gill
Centro de Cetamina
IV esketamine in TRD – RWE following induction
Joost Breeksema
University of Groningen
Between fear and stillness. Patient experiences of oral esketamine for TRD
Johanna Keeler
King’s College London
Ketamine for depression with Anorexia Nervosa: the EDEN study
Rachel Galaska
Oakwood Labs
Development of a ketamine long-acting injectable microsphere formulation
Esther Lukasiewicz Hagai
Clexio Bioscience
Adjunctive CLE-100 esketamine tablet for MDD: a phase 2 RCT during COVID
Rebecca Harding
UCL
500 heavy ketamine recreational users
Erdem Pulcu
University of Oxford
7T imaging of reward loss and shock 24h after ketamine
Meng Li
Jena University Hospital
7T structure, spectroscopy & fMRI up to 24h post IV ketamine dose in 80 healthy volunteers
Nooshin Javaheripour
Jena University Hospital
The immediate and delayed- effects of ketamine on brain functional dynamics
Jolien Veraart
Groningen University
Oral esketamine for bipolar TRD : an open label treatment programme
Jeanine Kamphuis
Groningen University
Oral esketamine as an alternative for maintenance ECT in TRD: case series
Gerard Marek
Gilgamesh Pharma
Dose finding and target engagement of GM-1020, an oral NMDA-R antagonist
Speaker Name / Organsiation / Short Title
– Zhejiang University
– Lateral habenula and social dominance
– Alan Schatzberg
– Stanford University
– Opioid-dependent mechanisms of ketamine antidepressant action
– Yale School of Medicine
– Mesmer, ketamine and cardiac surgery: mechanisms of non-specific effects
– Imperial College London
– Glutamatergic changes with psilocybin, 5HT changes with ketamine, and comparison of circuit level changes
– National Institute on Drug Abuse
– Addiction potential of ketamine enantiomers and metabolites, and of esmethadone
– King’s College London
– Glutamate and Opioid Mechanisms of Antidepressant Response to Ketamine (the GO-MARK study)
– Stanford University
– Opioid use diminishes placebo antidepressant response independently of pain in a ketamine depression trial
– Harvard Medical School
– Ketamine vs. ECT: implications for clinical practice, policy and future research
– Stanford University
– RCT of ketamine for OCD
– Yale University School of Medicine
– RCT of ketamine for depression in Parkinson’s disease
– Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
– Pilot RCT of ketamine + Written Exposure Therapy for PTSD
– Johns Hopkins
– RCT of dextromethorphan vs psilocybin: effects in healthy volunteers with history of hallucinogen use
– Zhejiang University School of Medicine
– Pilot RCT of ethosuximide in TRD: efficacy and safety
– Ketabon
– Dose finding study of prolonged release oral ketamine formulation
– Daniel Silman
– Kings College, London
– Keticap immediate release, abuse deterrent: Phase 1 data
– Wayne Drevets
– Janssen
– Long-term safety and durable efficacy of esketamine in TRD and ESCAPE-TRD
– Baylor College of Medicine
– EEG gamma oscillations as a prognostic marker for IV ketamine in TRD
– Harvard Medical School
– Machine learning to predict response to ECT vs (es)ketamine
– University of Toronto
– Comorbid PTSD and childhood trauma: impact on ketamine’s efficacy in TRD
– Columbia University
– Prucalopride (5HT4a agonist) plus ketamine: additive effects on stress
– Stanford University
– Targeted ketamine delivery to the thalamus using ultrasound
– New York University
– Mouse model of anorexia: effects of ketamine in adults and adolescents
– University of Oxford
– Influence of ketamine on the effect of expectations on perceptual and emotional learning
– Rupert McShane
– University of Oxford
– Prospective tracking of bladder symptoms in long term ketamine treatment
– Kings College London
– Anatomy of Melancholy – revision of neuroanatomy relevant to depression
– David Feifel
– University of California
– R-Ketamine for Treatment Resistant Depression
– Colleen Loo
– University of New South Wales
– Cost-utility analysis of treatment initiation with subcutaneous ketamine for TRD from the KADS Study
– Steven Levine
– COMPASS Pharmaceuticals
– Implementation of emerging psychedelics: models of support and interventional psychiatry
– Marco Fabus
– University of Oxford
– Routine electroencephalogram monitoring during ketamine antidepressant treatment in Oxford: preliminary results
– Robert Schoevers
– University of Groningen
– Julia Aepfelbacher
– University of Pittsburgh
– Zoe Cormier
– Author and Journalist
– Jonathan Javitt
– NRX Pharmaceuticals
– Ketamine from Neurotoxicity to Neuroplasticity: A lifesaving drug that must be used with respect
– Celia Morgan
– University of Exeter
– Psychological mechanisms of change in ketamine treatment: findings of two mechanistic studies
– Patrick Oliver
– MindPeace Clinics
– IV ketamine: RWE following induction
– George wohlfold
– University of Virginia
– Machine learning predictors of response to ketamine in 1047 patients
– Shahar Almog
– University of Florida
– The misuse potential of medicinal (off-label) ketamine: RWE in the US
– Morgan Hardy
– RAF Lakenheath
– Ketamine for depression and PTSD in the military: an untapped opportunity?
– Tiago Gill
– Centro de Cetamina
– IV esketamine in TRD – RWE following induction
– Joost Breeksema
– University of Groningen
– Between fear and stillness. Patient experiences of oral esketamine for TRD
– Johanne Keeler
– King’s College London
– Ketamine for depression with Anorexia Nervosa: the EDEN study
– Rachel Galaska
– Oakwood Labs
– Development of a ketamine long-acting injectable microsphere formulation
– Esther Lukasiewicz Hagai
– Clexio Bioscience
– Adjunctive CLE-100 esketamine tablet for MDD: a phase 2 RCT during COVID
– Rebecca Harding
– UCL
– A500 heavy ketamine recreational users
– Erdem Pulcu
– Univeristy of Oxford
– 7T imaging of reward loss and shock 24h after ketamine
– Meng Li
– Jena University Hospital
– 7T structure, spectroscopy & fMRI up to 24h post IV ketamine dose in 80 healthy volunteers
– Nooshin Javaheripour
– Jena University Hospital
– The immediate and delayed- effects of ketamine on brain functional dynamics
– Jolien Veraart
– Groningen University
– Oral esketamine for bipolar TRD : an open label treatment programme
– Jeanine Kamphuis
– Groningen University
– Oral esketamine as an alternative for maintenance ECT in TRD: case series
– Gerard Marek
– Gilgamesh Pharma
– Dose finding and target engagement of GM-1020, an oral NMDA-R antagonist
Please contact the Secretariat:
Ketamine 2024 Conference Secretariat
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