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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov
For full trial details, please see the original record at
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01974076
Registration number
NCT01974076
Ethics application status
Date submitted
27/10/2013
Date registered
1/11/2013
Date last updated
4/12/2014
Titles & IDs
Public title
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) as an Adjunct to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
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Scientific title
A Study of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) as an Adjunct to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Depression
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HC13276
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Depression
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Mental Health
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Depression
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Intervention/exposure
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Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Devices - Active tDCS + CBT
Treatment: Devices - Sham tDCS + CBT
Active Comparator: Active tDCS -
Sham Comparator: Sham tDCS -
Treatment: Devices: Active tDCS + CBT
Treatment: Devices: Sham tDCS + CBT
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Treatment: Devices
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale for Depression (MADRS)
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Timepoint [1]
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3 weeks
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Depression and Anxiety Stress Scale
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3 weeks
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
1. Participants will be = 18 years old.
2. Have a DSM-IV diagnosis of Major Depressive Episode of minimum 4 weeks duration.
3. MADRS score = 20 at study entry.
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Minimum age
18
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Maximum age
No limit
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Sex
Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
1. Participant is unable to give informed consent.
2. DSM-IV diagnosis of psychotic disorder (lifetime).
3. Bipolar disorder diagnosis and not on a mood stabiliser.
4. Eating disorder (current or within past year).
5. Obsessive compulsive disorder (lifetime).
6. Post-traumatic stress disorder (current or within past year).
7. Mental retardation.
8. Drug or alcohol abuse or dependence (preceding 3 months).
9. Inadequate response to ECT (current episode of depression).
10. Rapid clinical response required, e.g., high suicide risk, inanition or psychosis.
11. Clinically defined neurological disorder or insult.
12. Metal in the cranium, skull defects, or skin lesions on scalp (cuts, abrasions, rash)
at proposed electrode sites.
13. Pregnancy.
14. Concurrent long acting benzodiazepines, ritalin or dexamphetamine medication.
15. Change in psychotropic medication during 2-week period prior to the study or during
the course of the 3-week trial.
16. Participant becomes hypomanic or manic, as defined by DSM-IV.
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
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Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
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Blinded (masking used)
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The people receiving the treatment/s
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Intervention assignment
Parallel
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Phase
Not Applicable
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Unknown status
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Date of first participant enrolment
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Actual
1/05/2014
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Sample size
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135
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Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
QLD
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Belmont Private Hospital - Carina, Brisbane
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4152 - Carina, Brisbane
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Funding & Sponsors
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Other
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The University of New South Wales
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Belmont Private Hospital
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Summary
Brief summary
This study will investigate whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can
enhance the efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment of depression.
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Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01974076
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Sandy Sacre
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[email protected]
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Summary Results
For IPD and results data, please see
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01974076
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