In this episode, Dennis Walker is joined by Dr. Sam Zand and Derek Du Chesne, co-founders of Better U, to share the story of how they are helping to transform the narrative around seeking out mental health treatments, and to discuss how the stigma around mental health is being eradicated and replaced with a culture of self-love and acceptance.
In the realm where music meets the mystical, few artists embody the fusion of psychedelic exploration and sonic innovation like Mendeleyev.
Compass Pathways is launching a NEW Phase II clinical trial to treat PTSD!!!
The trial will use Comp 360, the company’s synthetic, proprietary version of psilocybin, in conjunction with therapy. This is Compass’ second major trial using Comp 360. They also are using it to treat Treatment Resistant Depression.
On October 3rd, 2021, Compass Pathways (Nasdaq: CMPS) announced the launch of a brand new psychedelic therapy clinical trial, using Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, to treat PTSD.
The Phase 2 clinical trial will use Comp 360, Compass Pathways’ proprietary, synthetic, cristalline Psilocybin. It will be paired with talk psychotherapy in 20 adults who suffered trauma as an adult, resulting in PTSD.
While using psychedelics for mental health may seem controversial, when it comes to the science, psychedelics like psilocybin and MDMA, when paired with therapy have been shown to work.
For example, recently MAPS completed a Phase III clinical trial using MDMA therapy to treat PTSD, which showed 67% of people improving so much they no longer qualified to be diagnosed as having PTSD (cured?). Another 21% of people improved significantly.
This Compass Pathways trial is exciting, because once it is complete, we will be able to compare the results of their psilocybin trial to MAPS’ MDMA trial, to start to have an understanding of which psychedelic compound works better for treating PTSD.
This news comes as we are waiting for the results of Compass Pathways’ Phase 2b Clinical Trial, testing treating Treatment-Resistant Depression with Comp 360, to be released before the end of the year.
The results of the trial will be significant, as it will be the largest ever clinical trial studying psychedelics, with 216 patients. It will also be the most advanced clinical trial studying psilocybin, being in phase 2b.
In sum, these are very exciting times to be watching Compass Pathways. Controversies surrounding their patents aside, Compass is one of the companies pushing the frontiers of psychedelic medicines, which is very exciting to watch.
Do you think psilocybin assisted therapy could treat PTSD? Let us know in the comments.
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At the event you will be able to learn about the medical benefits, research, and business of psychedelics, as well as marijuana. The all-star studded line-up includes representatives from companies such as atai Life Sciences (ATAI), Awakn Life Sciences (AWKN, AWKNF) and more.
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In today’s episode, we discuss the results of the much awaited phase 2b clinical trial using psilocybin (comp360) to treat treatment-resistant-depression. This Compass Pathways (Nasdaq: CMPS) trial is so important for a couple of reasons: first, it is the largest ever psychedelics clinical trial, with 219 people completing the trial; and second because it is the furthest progressed psilocybin trial ever, being in phase 2b.
So what did the results say? Can Magic Mushrooms treat depression? Can Psychedelics help Mental Health?
Well, the results are mixed. About a quarter of the people who underwent Compass Pathways psychedelic therapy program, who received 25 mg of psilocybin (Comp 360), entered remission after 12 weeks. And almost a third of individuals in this group saw their depression symptoms decrease by 50% or more, as measured by the MADRS scale. This is more than double the success rate for the control group, showing strong significant effects of psilocybin therapy on depression. Therefore, it is clear that psychedelics like psilocybin CAN help mental health… at least somewhat
However, many, myself included, were hoping for stronger results, such as the MDMA to treat PTSD phase 3 results that MAPS released earlier this year. This led to disappointment at the positive results, as they were not as game changing as we had hoped.
In this episode, we describe Compass Pathways’ psilocybin for depression clinical trial, explain the results, and then try to put said results into context. We finish by looking towards the future, and discussing where Compass Pathways, and other psychedelic medicines companies like MindMed, Cybin and Small Pharma, should go from here.
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Links:
Compass Results: https://ir.compasspathways.com/static-files/0f9fbce8-2619-438b-a6ba-5bbe2ba08cf6
Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomerysberg_Depression_Rating_Scale
MAPS MDMA-PTSD Study:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/health/mdma-approval.html
Comp 360 Open Label Study:
https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2021/10/20/2317456/0/en/Open-label-study-of-COMP360-psilocybin-therapy-for-depression-in-cancer-patients-demonstrates-feasibility-of-simultaneous-psilocybin-administration-in-small-groups.html
MindMed Psilocybin SSRI Study:
https://mindmed.co/news/press-release/mindmed-and-liechti-lab-provide-results-from-their-psilocybin-rd-collaboration/
DISCLAIMER: I am not a financial adviser nor a CPA. These videos are for educational and entertainment purposes only. Investing of any kind involves risk. While it is possible to minimize risk, your investments are solely your responsibility. It is imperative that you conduct your own research. I am merely sharing my opinion with no guarantee of gains or losses on investments.
All of the information in this video is public information that James (The Psychedelic Investor) believes to be reliable but it is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate and as such should not be used as advice. Any opinions or thoughts from James (The Psychedelic Investor) are subject to change.
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As the news surrounding Perry’s cause of death spread across social media this past weekend, so too did waves of misinformed, speculative-driven comments about ketamine and in the process bringing to light the stigma that is still very much tied to ketamine and other psychedelic drugs that are being used exclusively for therapeutic purposes.
Ketamine therapy is shaping up to be one of the…
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