CAN BOTOX BEAT THE BLUES?

Bern, Switzerland

Treating Depression with Botulinum toxin

Recently, studies demonstrated that persons suffering from depression benefited from a one-time botulinum toxin A (BTA) injection in the forehead.

However, these studies are unable to answer the question of how BTA exerts its antidepressant effect. Thus project seeks to unravel the mechanism(s) behind the effect in order to establish efficacy and safety for therapeutic applications.

Episode 1 - Protection and Application of Data

So who’s data is it anyway? Jacqueline and Alexandre was to know what happens to the data if a participant in the trial decides not to continue…
Episode 2 - Enlightened Consent

How long is too long? Jacqueline wants to know how do you go about ensuring participants in this trial really do give their “enlightened consent”?
Episode 3 - A Question of Ethics

Getting it right. Kristina emphasises the importance of ethics in scientific research…
Episode 5 - PLEX First Impressions - Alexandre

No navel gazing here. Alexandre is pleasantly surprised by the scope of the ethics consultation…
Episode 6 - PLEX First Impressions - Jacqueline

What happens next? Jacqueline reflects on the lack of feedback or continuity in scientific trials…

Research partners - botox project

Gregor

PI - Instigator of the MAPS Protocol and SYNERGIES/MAPS Project

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Alexandre

Person with Live Experience (PLEX - RP)

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Kristina

PI

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