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creatine and Depressive Disorder

creatine has been researched along with Depressive Disorder in 27 studies

Depressive Disorder: An affective disorder manifested by either a dysphoric mood or loss of interest or pleasure in usual activities. The mood disturbance is prominent and relatively persistent.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Adolescent major depressive disorder (MDD) is a life-threatening brain disease with limited interventions."6.76Open-label adjunctive creatine for female adolescents with SSRI-resistant major depressive disorder: a 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. ( Fiedler, KK; Hellem, TL; Jeong, EK; Kondo, DG; Renshaw, PF; Shi, X; Sung, YH, 2011)
"In an attempt to chemically estimate cerebral energy metabolism, creatine and creatinine was measured in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma of up to 135 patients with RDC diagnoses of major depressive disorders."3.67Creatinine and creatine in CSF: indices of brain energy metabolism in depression. Short note. ( Agren, H; Niklasson, F, 1988)
"Adolescent major depressive disorder (MDD) is a life-threatening brain disease with limited interventions."2.76Open-label adjunctive creatine for female adolescents with SSRI-resistant major depressive disorder: a 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy study. ( Fiedler, KK; Hellem, TL; Jeong, EK; Kondo, DG; Renshaw, PF; Shi, X; Sung, YH, 2011)
"Creatine was previously shown to produce an antidepressant-like effect in the tail suspension test through a modulation of the dopaminergic system."1.39Evidence for the involvement of 5-HT1A receptor in the acute antidepressant-like effect of creatine in mice. ( Cunha, MP; Machado, DG; Oliveira, Á; Pazini, FL; Rodrigues, AL, 2013)
"Partial or total overnight sleep deprivation produces immediate mood improvement in about 50% of patients with depression, but not in healthy controls."1.35Effects of overnight sleep restriction on brain chemistry and mood in women with unipolar depression and healthy controls. ( Bartha, R; Bernier, D; Devarajan, S; Macmaster, FP; Rusak, B; Schmidt, MH, 2009)

Research

Studies (27)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19904 (14.81)18.7374
1990's3 (11.11)18.2507
2000's10 (37.04)29.6817
2010's10 (37.04)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Pazini, FL2
Cunha, MP2
Rodrigues, ALS1
Liu, W1
Yu, H1
Jiang, B1
Zheng, L1
Yu, S1
Pan, B1
Yu, R1
Bogdanova, OV1
Abdullah, O1
Kanekar, S1
Bogdanov, VB1
Prescot, AP1
Renshaw, PF4
Hellem, TL2
Sung, YH2
Shi, XF1
Pett, MA1
Latendresse, G1
Morgan, J1
Huber, RS1
Kuykendall, D1
Lundberg, KJ1
Guo, Z1
Zhang, J3
Liu, X1
Hou, H1
Cao, Y1
Wei, F1
Li, J2
Chen, X1
Shen, Y1
Chen, W1
Li, H1
Xu, H1
Zhang, Y1
Guan, J1
Xu, C1
Shen, Z1
Xiao, B1
Liang, C1
Chen, K1
Wu, R1
Hong, ST1
Choi, CB1
Park, C1
Moon, HY1
Hong, KS1
Cheong, C1
Chae, JH1
Choe, BY1
Kuang, WH1
Zou, K1
Deng, W1
Li, T1
Gong, QY1
Sun, XL1
Bernier, D1
Bartha, R1
Devarajan, S1
Macmaster, FP1
Schmidt, MH1
Rusak, B1
Herman-Sucharska, I1
Werewka-Maczuga, A1
Urbanik, A2
Rachel, W1
Siwek, M1
Dudek, D1
Zieba, A1
D'Anci, KE1
Allen, PJ1
Kanarek, RB1
Kondo, DG1
Fiedler, KK1
Shi, X1
Jeong, EK1
Oliveira, Á1
Machado, DG1
Rodrigues, AL1
Chang, L1
Cloak, CC1
Ernst, T1
OYEN, I1
BOYLAN, JW1
PRYCE, IG1
Elderkin-Thompson, V1
Thomas, MA2
Binesh, N2
Mintz, J2
Haroon, E1
Dunkin, JJ1
Kumar, A2
Hwang, S1
Kado, H1
Kimura, H1
Murata, T1
Nagata, K1
Kanno, I1
Amital, D1
Vishne, T1
Rubinow, A1
Levine, J2
Glodzik-Sobanska, L1
Slowik, A1
McHugh, P1
Sobiecka, B1
Kozub, J1
Rich, KE1
Szczudlik, A1
Niklasson, F2
Agren, H2
Hamakawa, H1
Kato, T1
Murashita, J1
Kato, N1
Sonawalla, SB1
Moore, CM1
Alpert, JE1
Nierenberg, AA1
Rosenbaum, JF1
Fava, M1
Panchalingam, K1
Rapoport, A1
Gershon, S1
McClure, RJ1
Pettegrew, JW1
Sharma, R1
Venkatasubramanian, PN1
Bárány, M1
Davis, JM1

Clinical Trials (5)

Trial Overview

TrialPhaseEnrollmentStudy TypeStart DateStatus
Creatine as a Treatment Option for Depression in Methamphetamine Using Females[NCT01514630]Phase 414 participants (Actual)Interventional2013-01-31Completed
Creatine Augmentation in Female & Male Veterans With Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor-Resistant Major Depressive Disorder[NCT01175616]Phase 40 participants (Actual)Interventional2012-09-30Withdrawn (stopped due to Study withdrawn from ClinicalTrials.gov.)
Adjunctive Creatine Treatment for Adolescent Females With Major Depressive Disorder Who Are Non-Responders to Fluoxetine or Escitalopram: A Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study[NCT00851006]Phase 213 participants (Actual)Interventional2009-04-30Completed
Placebo-Controlled Trial of Creatine Augmentation for Adolescent Females With Treatment-Resistant Major Depressive Disorder: a Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Study[NCT02134808]Phase 471 participants (Actual)Interventional2014-11-21Completed
Remote Effects of Stroke on Cerebral Metabolism. Evaluation With Positron Emission Tomography and Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy[NCT00063180]70 participants Observational2003-06-19Completed
[information is prepared from clinicaltrials.gov, extracted Sep-2024]

Trial Outcomes

HAMD Rating Scores

"Eight weeks of oral creatine supplementation will result in improvements in Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) in female methamphetamine users. HAMD scoring is based on 17 items. Minimum score is 0 and maximum 52. A score of 0-7 is considered to be normal. Scores of 20 or higher indicate moderate or severe depression.~0-7 = Normal 8-13 = Mild Depression 14-18 = Moderate Depression 19-22 = Severe Depression~≥ 23 = Very Severe Depression" (NCT01514630)
Timeframe: Over the course of eight weeks. Depression rating scores will be measured weekly for eight weeks for each subject enrolled.

InterventionUnits on a scale (Mean)
Baselineweek 2week 3week 4week 5week 6week 7week 8
Creatine Monohydrate16.8610.719.817.338.357.736.287.36

31-phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Phosphocreatine Metabolite

Phosphocreatine Metabolite is a phosphorylated creatine molecule that plays a role in the production of the energy in the body. Phosphocreatine (PCr) metabolite was quantified by calculating the ratio of PCr over total phosphorus resonance from 31-Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. (NCT00851006)
Timeframe: 8 weeks

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Interventionratio of PCr and total phosphorus (Mean)
BaselineAfter 8 weeks
Healthy Control Group0.15560.1558
Open Label Creatine Treatment0.15130.1610

Mean Children's Depression Rating Scale (CDRS-R) [Reference: Poznanski EO et al. Preliminary Studies of the Reliability and Validity of the Children's Depression Rating Scale. J Am Acad Child Psychiatry. 1984 Mar;23(2):191-7.]

The CDRS-R is a 17-item scale, with items ranging from 1 to 5 or 1 to 7 (possible total score from 17 to 113), rated by a clinician via interviews with the child or parent. Scores ≥40 are indicative of depression, whereas scores ≤28 is often used to define remission (NCT00851006)
Timeframe: 8 weeks

InterventionUnits on a scale (Mean)
BaselineAfter 8 week Creatine treatment
Open Label Creatine Treatment6930.6

Reviews

3 reviews available for creatine and Depressive Disorder

ArticleYear
The possible beneficial effects of creatine for the management of depression.
    Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 2019, 03-08, Volume: 89

    Topics: Animals; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Dietary Supplements; Humans

2019
A potential role for creatine in drug abuse?
    Molecular neurobiology, 2011, Volume: 44, Issue:2

    Topics: Brain; Brain Injuries; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Dietary Supplements; Energy Metabolism; Humans

2011
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies of GABA in neuropsychiatric disorders.
    The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 2003, Volume: 64 Suppl 3

    Topics: Anxiety Disorders; Brain; Brain Chemistry; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Epilepsy; GABA Agents; gam

2003

Trials

2 trials available for creatine and Depressive Disorder

ArticleYear
Open-label adjunctive creatine for female adolescents with SSRI-resistant major depressive disorder: a 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.
    Journal of affective disorders, 2011, Volume: 135, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Adolescent; Antidepressive Agents; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Depressive Disorder, Major; Female

2011
Open-label adjunctive creatine for female adolescents with SSRI-resistant major depressive disorder: a 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.
    Journal of affective disorders, 2011, Volume: 135, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Adolescent; Antidepressive Agents; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Depressive Disorder, Major; Female

2011
Open-label adjunctive creatine for female adolescents with SSRI-resistant major depressive disorder: a 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.
    Journal of affective disorders, 2011, Volume: 135, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Adolescent; Antidepressive Agents; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Depressive Disorder, Major; Female

2011
Open-label adjunctive creatine for female adolescents with SSRI-resistant major depressive disorder: a 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.
    Journal of affective disorders, 2011, Volume: 135, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Adolescent; Antidepressive Agents; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Depressive Disorder, Major; Female

2011
Open-label adjunctive creatine for female adolescents with SSRI-resistant major depressive disorder: a 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.
    Journal of affective disorders, 2011, Volume: 135, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Adolescent; Antidepressive Agents; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Depressive Disorder, Major; Female

2011
Open-label adjunctive creatine for female adolescents with SSRI-resistant major depressive disorder: a 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.
    Journal of affective disorders, 2011, Volume: 135, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Adolescent; Antidepressive Agents; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Depressive Disorder, Major; Female

2011
Open-label adjunctive creatine for female adolescents with SSRI-resistant major depressive disorder: a 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.
    Journal of affective disorders, 2011, Volume: 135, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Adolescent; Antidepressive Agents; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Depressive Disorder, Major; Female

2011
Open-label adjunctive creatine for female adolescents with SSRI-resistant major depressive disorder: a 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.
    Journal of affective disorders, 2011, Volume: 135, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Adolescent; Antidepressive Agents; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Depressive Disorder, Major; Female

2011
Open-label adjunctive creatine for female adolescents with SSRI-resistant major depressive disorder: a 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.
    Journal of affective disorders, 2011, Volume: 135, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Adolescent; Antidepressive Agents; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Depressive Disorder, Major; Female

2011
Compounds containing cytosolic choline in the basal ganglia: a potential biological marker of true drug response to fluoxetine.
    The American journal of psychiatry, 1999, Volume: 156, Issue:10

    Topics: Adult; Ambulatory Care; Analysis of Variance; Basal Ganglia; Biomarkers; Choline; Creatine; Cytosol;

1999

Other Studies

22 other studies available for creatine and Depressive Disorder

ArticleYear
[Correlation of neurochemical metabolism with memory function in young adult patients with first-episode depression studied with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy].
    Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences, 2013, Volume: 42, Issue:4

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aspartic Acid; Case-Control Studies; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Female; Hippo

2013
Neurochemical alterations in frontal cortex of the rat after one week of hypobaric hypoxia.
    Behavioural brain research, 2014, Apr-15, Volume: 263

    Topics: Alanine; Altitude; Animals; Corpus Striatum; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Female; Frontal Lobe; Gl

2014
Creatine as a Novel Treatment for Depression in Females Using Methamphetamine: A Pilot Study.
    Journal of dual diagnosis, 2015, Volume: 11, Issue:3-4

    Topics: Adult; Amphetamine-Related Disorders; Antidepressive Agents; Brain; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; D

2015
Neurometabolic characteristics in the anterior cingulate gyrus of Alzheimer's disease patients with depression: a (1)H magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.
    BMC psychiatry, 2015, Dec-02, Volume: 15

    Topics: Aged; Alzheimer Disease; Aspartic Acid; Cognition Disorders; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Female;

2015
Differential neurometabolite alterations in brains of medication-free individuals with bipolar disorder and those with unipolar depression: a two-dimensional proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.
    Bipolar disorders, 2016, Volume: 18, Issue:7

    Topics: Adult; Aspartic Acid; Bipolar Disorder; Choline; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Female; Gyrus Cingul

2016
Specific hippocampal choline decrease in an animal model of depression.
    The British journal of radiology, 2009, Volume: 82, Issue:979

    Topics: Animals; Aspartic Acid; Biomarkers; Choline; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Hippocampus; Magnetic Re

2009
[A proton magnetic spectroscopy research on hippocampus metabolisms in people with suicide-attempted depressions].
    Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition, 2009, Volume: 40, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Aspartic Acid; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Female; Hippocampus; Humans; Magnetic Resonance

2009
Effects of overnight sleep restriction on brain chemistry and mood in women with unipolar depression and healthy controls.
    Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN, 2009, Volume: 34, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Affect; Analysis of Variance; Aspartic Acid; Choline; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Female;

2009
[Usefulness of proton MR spectroscopy for determining diagnosis and treatment outcome in unipolar depressive disorder].
    Przeglad lekarski, 2010, Volume: 67, Issue:4

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Choline; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Frontal Lobe; Hippocampus; Humans; Magnet

2010
Evidence for the involvement of 5-HT1A receptor in the acute antidepressant-like effect of creatine in mice.
    Brain research bulletin, 2013, Volume: 95

    Topics: Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Creatine; Depression; Depressive Disorder; Hindlimb Suspension; Huma

2013
Renal clearance in the unanesthetized guinea pig: depression of inulin clearance by creatinine.
    Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N.Y.), 1962, Volume: 111

    Topics: Creatine; Creatinine; Depression; Depressive Disorder; Guinea Pigs; Inulin; Kidney Function Tests

1962
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 17-HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROID EXCRETION AND GLUCOSE UTILIZATION IN DEPRESSIONS.
    The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 1964, Volume: 110

    Topics: 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Blood Glucose; Body Weight; Carbohydrate Metabol

1964
Brain metabolites and cognitive function among older depressed and healthy individuals using 2D MR spectroscopy.
    Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2004, Volume: 29, Issue:12

    Topics: Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Brain; Case-Control Studies; Choline; Cognition; Creatine; Dep

2004
Neurochemistry of late-life major depression: a pilot two-dimensional MR spectroscopic study.
    Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, 2004, Volume: 20, Issue:6

    Topics: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Brain Chemistry; Choline; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Female; Humans; Ma

2004
Depressive psychosis: clinical usefulness of MR spectroscopy data in predicting prognosis.
    Radiology, 2006, Volume: 238, Issue:1

    Topics: Aged; Analysis of Variance; Antidepressive Agents; Area Under Curve; Aspartic Acid; Choline; Creatin

2006
Observed effects of creatine monohydrate in a patient with depression and fibromyalgia.
    The American journal of psychiatry, 2006, Volume: 163, Issue:10

    Topics: Comorbidity; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Fibromyalgia; Humans;

2006
Single voxel proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in post-stroke depression.
    Psychiatry research, 2006, Dec-01, Volume: 148, Issue:2-3

    Topics: Aged; Aspartic Acid; Cerebral Infarction; Choline; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Dominance, Cerebra

2006
Brain energy metabolism and blood-brain barrier permeability in depressive patients: analyses of creatine, creatinine, urate, and albumin in CSF and blood.
    Biological psychiatry, 1984, Volume: 19, Issue:8

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Albumins; Blood-Brain Barrier; Brain; Creatine; Creatinine; Depressive Disorder; Energy

1984
Quantitative proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the basal ganglia in patients with affective disorders.
    European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, 1998, Volume: 248, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Aspartic Acid; Basal Ganglia; Bipolar Disorder; Choline; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Femal

1998
Increased cerebrospinal fluid glutamine levels in depressed patients.
    Biological psychiatry, 2000, Apr-01, Volume: 47, Issue:7

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bipolar Disorder; Case-Control Studies; Cre

2000
Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the brain in schizophrenic and affective patients.
    Schizophrenia research, 1992, Volume: 8, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Aspartic Acid; Basal Ganglia; Bipolar Disorder; Choline; Creatine; Depressive Disorder; Energ

1992
Creatinine and creatine in CSF: indices of brain energy metabolism in depression. Short note.
    Journal of neural transmission, 1988, Volume: 74, Issue:1

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Brain; Creatine; Creatinine; Depressive Disorder; Energy Metab

1988