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tDCS for Depression (MoodStim Trial)

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Waitlist Available
Led By Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Dr.
Research Sponsored by Hebrew SeniorLife
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 12 weeks
Awards & highlights

Summary

The investigators propose a study of telehealth supervised, caregiver-delivered, home-based transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for antidepressant treatment of patients with an acute depressive episode.

Eligible Conditions
  • Depression

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~12 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 12 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Mental Depression
Number of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Safety and Tolerability] and Missed Sessions
Secondary study objectives
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Digit Span Backward
Digit Span Forward
+4 more

Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: tDCS MDDExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
A group of 5 participants with major depressive disorder (MDD). tDCS, as a relatively simple and portable technology, is particularly well suited for remotely-supervised, home-based treatment, which would facilitate longer periods of treatment as well as offer a suitable therapeutic option at the present time as the investigators aim to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
tDCS
2017
Completed Phase 2
~640

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Hebrew SeniorLifeLead Sponsor
46 Previous Clinical Trials
270,744 Total Patients Enrolled
4 Trials studying Depression
79 Patients Enrolled for Depression
Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Dr.3.97 ReviewsPrincipal Investigator - Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research
Hebrew SeniorLife
2 Previous Clinical Trials
54 Total Patients Enrolled
~1 spots leftby Sep 2025
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