An Open-label, Follow-up Study on Remitted Patients With Major Depressive Disorder Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 42
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Relapse from depression
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators purpose is to follow remitted patients from their previous study using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS); as to verify whether this treatment prevents relapse.
详细描述
Our first ongoing study (Efficacy Study of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) to Treat Major Depressive Disorder) addresses whether tDCS is an effective treatment for depression treatment. The purpose of the present study is to determine whether tDCS is also an effective strategy for sustaining remission.
We will enroll patients who presented remission using tDCS from our previous study and offer them to tDCS every other week for three months, than once a month for another three months. We will address whether tDCS prevents relapse by assessing depression scores once a month, using a time-to-event analysis.
The importance of the present study is to determine whether tDCS is able to sustain remission during long-term follow-up of depressed patients.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Relapse from depression
时间窗: Week 24
Same as above.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Andre Brunoni
MD
University of Sao Paulo