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Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant: early-phase trial registry

3 of 10 indexed Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

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10 US clinical trials · 3 currently recruiting · #1,724 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant: 10 US clinical trials tracked, 3 recruiting.

Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant is the subject of 10 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 3 of them currently open to new participants. 2 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 5 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Janssen Research & Development, running 2 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition depressive-disorder-treatment-resistant

OPEN 3 | RECR 30% | LATE 2 | EARLY 5 | RANK #1724 | SPON 2

Nearest open-share peer: Adrenocortical Carcinoma (30% recruiting · 10 trials)

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Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant

Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant lists 3 open slots (30% of 10 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    3 of 10 indexed trials (30%) are open to enrollment, against a 46.5% average across 27,806 conditions with fewer than 20 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. One sponsor concentrates Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant research.

    Janssen Research & Development accounts for 2 of 10 trials (20%). 9 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant enrolment sits around 122 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 122 among the 10 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 4 of those (40%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant research is mostly interventional.

    9 interventional and 1 observational studies make up this index (90% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 25Phase 32

Open and recent trials

10 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING Phase 2 153 participants

ACP-211 Monotherapy for Major Depressive Disorder With Inadequate Antidepressant Response

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals

NCT07284667

RECRUITING Phase 2 50 participants

Investigation of the Antidepressant Effects of (2R,6R)-HNK, an Enhancer of Synaptic Glutamate Release, in Treatment-Resistant Depression

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NCT06511908

RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

Intravenous Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Mayo Clinic

NCT06668571

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 100 participants

Dopaminergic Dysfunction in Late-Life Depression

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT04469959

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 54 participants

Improving Brain Stimulation Through Imaging

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT03851380

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 25 participants

Adaptive tDCS for Treatment-Resistant MDD

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT02942368

COMPLETED Phase 3 1,148 participants

A Long-term Safety Study of Esketamine Nasal Spray in Treatment-resistant Depression

Janssen Research & Development

NCT02782104

COMPLETED Phase 3 252 participants

A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Tolerability of Flexible Doses of Intranasal Esketamine Plus an Oral Antidepressant in Adult Participants With Treatment-resistant Depression

Janssen Research & Development

NCT03434041

COMPLETED Phase 2 206 participants

Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability Study of AVP-786 as an Adjunctive Therapy in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder With an Inadequate Response to Antidepressant Treatment

Avanir Pharmaceuticals

NCT02153502

COMPLETED NA 122 participants

Low Field Magnetic Stimulation (LFMS) in Subjects With Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD)

Tal Medical

NCT02452892

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 2 5
Phase 3 2

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Placebo Drug
5 trials
AVP-786 (d6-dextromethorphan hydrobromide and quinidine sulfate combination) Drug
1 trials
LFMS Device
1 trials
Esketamine Nasal Spray Drug
1 trials
Escitalopram (Oral Antidepressant) Drug
1 trials
Duloxetine (Oral Antidepressant) Drug
1 trials
Esketamine 84 mg Drug
1 trials
Esketamine 56 mg Drug
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 5 trials
Georgia 4 trials
Florida 4 trials
Maryland 3 trials
Texas 2 trials
Ohio 2 trials
New York 2 trials
Massachusetts 2 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant page

10 registered trials, 3 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 3 Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Janssen Research & Development sponsors the most Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Janssen Research & Development's trials
  • Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant condition card totals 10 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.