Trials / Recruiting
RecruitingNCT06323785
Whole-body Hyperthermia for Depression
Randomised Sham-controlled Trial of Whole-body Hyperthermia for Depression
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the efficacy of whole-body hyperthermia in major depression. The main question it aims to answer is: • Does whole-body hyperthermia alleviate symptoms of depression? Participants will be randomised to sham or active whole-body hyperthermia. The study will last 6 weeks during which five visits will take place. Depression will be measured repeatedly and biological mechanisms will be investigated.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Active whole-body hyperthermia | Active water-filtered infrared whole-body hyperthermia as described in Janssen et al. (2016) |
| DEVICE | Sham whole-body hyperthermia | Sham water-filtered infrared whole-body hyperthermia as described in Janssen et al. (2016) |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2024-06-15
- Primary completion
- 2026-03-01
- Completion
- 2026-03-01
- First posted
- 2024-03-21
- Last updated
- 2024-06-11
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Switzerland
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06323785. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.