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Registration number
NCT01890356
Ethics application status
Date submitted
26/06/2013
Date registered
1/07/2013
Date last updated
27/03/2018

Titles & IDs
Public title
Maintenance Transcranial Electrical Stimulation for Depression
Scientific title
A Study of Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (TES) as a Maintenance Treatment for Depression
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
HC12499
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Major Depressive Disorder 0 0
Bipolar Disorder 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Mental Health 0 0 0 0
Depression
Mental Health 0 0 0 0
Other mental health disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Devices - Transcranial electrical stimulation

Experimental: Transcranial electrical stimulation -


Treatment: Devices: Transcranial electrical stimulation
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
9 months

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- All participants will be = 18 years old.

- Participants must have experienced a significant clinical response, defined as = 50%
decrease from baseline scores on the Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale
(MADRS).
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- Inadequate response to acute trial of TES.

- Suicidality.

- 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 (women of childbearing age will be asked to undergo a urine pregnancy test
prior to starting the study).

- Concurrent long acting benzodiazepines, ritalin or dexamphetamine medication.

- Treatment for depression is changed during months 3-9 of the trial.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
N/A
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
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
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
1/06/2013
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/02/2018
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
25
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Black Dog Institute / University of New South Wales - Randwick, Sydney
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2031 - Randwick, Sydney

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

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) techniques offer a novel treatment approach for
depression and have shown promising efficacy. However, there is no published data to date on
their effectiveness as a maintenance treatment. This study will investigate ways of using TES
as a maintenance treatment to prevent relapse in depression.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01890356
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Colleen Loo, MBBS
Address 0 0
University of New South Wales
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries