NCT01562184

Investigating tDCS as a Treatment for Unipolar and Bipolar Depression

A Controlled Trial of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation as a Treatment for Unipolar and Bipolar Depression

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of New South Wales · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a novel treatment approach for depression that has shown promising efficacy in four recent double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled trials (RCT) and a meta-analysis. This study is a RCT of tDCS in depressed patients, testing its efficacy in both unipolar and bipolar depression. Mood, cognitive test performance and biomarkers will be measured during the trial.

Conditions

• Unipolar Depression
• Bipolar Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Sham tDCS device	Sham tDCS
DEVICE	Soterix tDCS device	Active tDCS

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-06-01
• Primary completion: 2015-10-01
• Completion: 2015-10-01
• First posted: 2012-03-23
• Last updated: 2015-12-02

Locations

6 sites across 2 countries: United States, Australia