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Gilgamesh Psychedelic Trial Shows Promise in Mental Health and Beyond

December 11, 2023
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Gilgamesh Psychedelic Trial Shows Promise in Mental Health and Beyond

Yet another psychedelic medicine clinical trial is showing promise for transforming mental health treatments.

What’s happening:

  • New York based neuroscience biotechnology company Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals has announced positive results from their Phase 1 trial of GM-2505, a novel 5-HT2A receptor agonist
  • The clinical trial concluded that single intravenous doses of GM-2505 demonstrated rapid acting psychedelic effects and were well tolerated without any meaningful adverse side effects

Why it matters:

  • While psilocybin is a naturally occurring 5-HT2A agonist, its psychedelic effects are much longer in duration
  • GM-2505 is aiming to have a much shorter duration of action to better align with how treatments would occur in a clinical setting for patients while still having a profound therapeutic effect

Going deeper:

  • Giglamesh’s novel molecule GM-2505 was originally developed for Major Depressive Disorder and Treatment Resistant Depression but after their Phase I trial they believe it may also have therapeutic potential for alcohol use disorder, anxiety disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder
  • Gilgamesh will now look to advance GM-2505 into a Phase II clinical trial

By the numbers:

  • Psychedelic effects from GM-2505 lasted between 60-90 minutes
  • Gilgamesh has raised $66M USD in venture funding since inception

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