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Pulsed Electro Magnetic Fields (PEMF) Treatment in Patients With Treatment-Resistant Major Depression in Ongoing Pharmacological Treatment of Depression

NCT00287703 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2009-05-29

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Summary

About 30% of patients with major depression are treatment resistant to pharmacological treatment. In the search for new methods to treat depression a great interest has been put into the use of electromagnetic fields. This study tests the hypothesis that ultra-weak electromagnetic fields with a specific wave pattern (PEMF = pulsed electro magnetic fields) can alleviate the symptoms of depression.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Pulsating Electro-Magnetic Fields

5 days a week for 5 weeks 30 minutes

DEVICE

Pulsating Electro-Magnetic Fields sham

sham PEMF

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Lundbeckfoundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Biofields

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Hillerod Hospital, Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Klaus Martiny, MD, Ph.D. · Psychiatric Research Unit Fredericksburg General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-03-31
Primary Completion
2009-03-31
Completion
2009-03-31

Countries

  • Denmark

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