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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01792414




Registration number
NCT01792414
Ethics application status
Date submitted
13/02/2013
Date registered
15/02/2013
Date last updated
2/02/2017

Titles & IDs
Public title
Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (TES) for the Treatment of Depression.
Scientific title
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
HC12143
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Major Depression 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Mental Health 0 0 0 0
Depression

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Devices - Sham TES
Treatment: Devices - Active TES

Active comparator: Active TES - Active TES

Sham comparator: Sham TES - Sham TES


Treatment: Devices: Sham TES
Neuroconn Eldith device

Treatment: Devices: Active TES
Neuroconn Eldith device
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Devices
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale for Depression (MADRS)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
12 weeks
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Beck Depression Inventory II
Timepoint [1] 0 0
12 weeks

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* DSM-IV Major Depressive Episode (as part of a Major Depressive Disorder or Bipolar Disorder), of minimum 4 weeks duration.
* MADRS score = 20 at study entry.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* DSM-IV psychotic disorder;
* drug or alcohol abuse or dependence (preceding 12 months);
* inadequate response to ECT (current episode of depression);
* anticonvulsant or benzodiazepine medication;
* rapid clinical response required, e.g. high suicide risk; clinically defined neurological disorder or insult;
* metal in the cranium, skull defects, or skin lesions on scalp (cuts, abrasions, rash) at proposed electrode sites;
* pregnancy.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s

The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Not applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/01/2013
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/12/2016
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
70
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Black Dog Institute / University of New South Wales - Sydney
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2031 - Sydney

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
The University of New South Wales
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
This study is a RCT of transcranial electrical stimulation in depressed patients. Mood, cognitive test performance and biomarkers will be measured during the trial.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01792414
Trial related presentations / publications
Nikolin S, Alonzo A, Martin D, Galvez V, Buten S, Taylor R, Goldstein J, Oxley C, Hadzi-Pavlovic D, Loo CK. Transcranial Random Noise Stimulation for the Acute Treatment of Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2020 Apr 21;23(3):146-156. doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyz072.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
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Phone 0 0
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Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01792414