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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2018
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Titusville, NJ (US);
Wayne Drevets, San Diego, CA (US);
Honglan Li, Pennington, NJ (US);
David Wood Hough, Pennington, NJ (US);
Jaskaran Singh, San Diego, CA (US);
Ewa Wajs, Beerse, BE;
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Titusville, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods of maintaining stable remission or stable response achieved by a patient with depression following administration of a therapeutically effective amount of esketamine during an initial administration phase, comprising continuing administration of a therapeutically effective amount of esketamine for at least five months during a subsequent administration phase. The present invention also provides methods for the long term treatment of depression in a patient, comprising administering to the patient in need of the treatment a clinically proven safe and clinically proven effective therapeutically effective amount of esketamine for at least six months. In some embodiments, the depression is major depressive disorder or treatment resistant depression.