Ketamine Enhances Analgesia and Mood in Chronic Pain Patients
Recruiting now NCT05985811
Run by Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic · for 20 to 99 · All sexes · accepts healthy volunteers
What this study is about
Most chronic pain patients have mood disorders. The mood disorders may improve with better analgesia produced by Ketamine injections. A prospective study of patients undergoing interventional pain therapy using Ketamine injections. Pre-injection and post-injection patient data is collected. Pain is measured using numeric pain rating scale, and change in pain score by 2-points is considered significant. Sleep is measured using Likert sleep scale, and change in sleep score by 2-points is considered significant. Anxiety is measured using general anxiety disorder (GAD-7) scale, and change in anxiety score by 4-points is considered significant. Depression is measured using patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9), and change in depression score by 5-points is considered significant.
Who can join (things the study team will check)
✅ You may be able to join if…
- adult chronic pain patients
- associated mood disorder
- good treatment compliance
- associated chronic insomnia
- regular ketamine pain therapy injection
- consent for clinical record quality assurance review
🚫 You may not be able to join if…
- severe cognitive disorder
- inability to provide consent
- major neuropsychiatric disorder
- cannabis use
- stimulant use
- substance abuse
- poor treatment compliance
- lack of ketamine pain therapy injection
Where this trial is running
- Salem Anaesthesia Pain Clinic, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Who to contact
Olumuyiwa Bamgbade, MD,FRCPC · 17786286600 · salem.painclinic@gmail.com
It's completely normal to call and ask questions before deciding anything. Mention the study ID: NCT05985811.
Verify everything on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Page updated July 2026.