NCT02009371

A Clinical Study of Light Therapy on Depressive Episodes of Bipolar Disorder

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Peking University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of light-emitting diode(LED) light therapy on Chinese patients with Depressive Episodes of Bipolar Disorder and to gather prime research data and application parameters of LED light source which is not currently available in China.

Conditions

• Depressive Episodes of Bipolar Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Bright Light therapy	In this group, participants will be exposed to the LED treatment device (lightbox) which delivers bright light and meanwhile medicated with just one particular antipsychotics drug(a mood stabilizer or an atypical antipsychotic drug)except of antidepressants.
DEVICE	dim Red Light therapy	In this group, participants will be exposed to the same LED treatment device (light box) which delivers dim red light,which is considered to be biologically inactive, and meanwhile medicated with just one particular antipsychotics drug(a mood stabilizer or an atypical antipsychotic drug)except of antidepressants.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2015-03-01
• Completion: 2015-07-01
• First posted: 2013-12-12
• Last updated: 2015-10-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China