Child Bipolar Network Ketogenic Diet Approach to Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents
NCT06920940
This study is recruiting at 2 US sites in 2 states, according to its ClinicalTrials.gov record last updated .
Summary
The present study is an open trial of ketogenic diets for adolescents and young adults (ages 12-21 yrs) in the depressive or mixed phases of bipolar disorder (BD). The investigators aim to determine whether combining standard of care pharmacological treatment for bipolar spectrum disorders with a 16-week ketogenic diet is well-tolerated and associated with improvements in depression, inflammatory and metabolic indicators, and executive functioning over the study period. The experimental treatment in this study is a 16-week full ketogenic diet.
Shortened from the sponsor's brief summary. View official record on ClinicalTrials.gov
Conditions studied
- Bipolar Disorder (BD)
- Bipolar Disorder NOS
- Bipolar Disorder I or II
- Bipolar Spectrum Disorder
- Adolescents
Eligibility basics and study details
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Ages
- 12 to 21 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Last updated on ClinicalTrials.gov
- April 22, 2026
These are the basic criteria only. The full inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official record, and the study team decides who can take part.
US recruiting sites
California · 1
- UCLA Semel Institute Max Gray Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Program (CHAMP) · Los Angeles, CA
Ohio · 1
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine · Cincinnati, OH
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, data processed . Recruiting US sites filtered by distance and site status; summaries shortened.