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Environmental Treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

NCT00139997 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2013-03-06

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Summary

The purpose is to study treatments of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Conditions

  • Seasonal Affective Disorder

Interventions

DEVICE

Litebook treatment devices

Litebook LED phototherapy device used for 30 min before 8 am

DEVICE

Inactivated negative ion generator

Equivalent exposure to inactivated negative ion generator

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Medical Center Groningen

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of British Columbia

    collaborator OTHER

  • Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Douglas Hospital Research Centre

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paul H. Desan, PhD, MD · Yale New Haven Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-01-31
Primary Completion
2005-08-31
Completion
2005-08-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Canada
  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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