Depressed Adolescents Treated With Exercise (The DATE Study)

NCT00847457 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2013-06-27

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Summary

This study will evaluate whether standardized aerobic exercise is an effective treatment for depression in adolescents.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Aerobic exercise

Aerobic exercises completed three to four times per week for 20 to 30 minutes per session

BEHAVIORAL

Stretching

Easy to moderate stretching routines completed three times per week, with a new set of routines given each week

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carroll W. Hughes, PhD, ABPP · University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-04-30
Completion
2012-04-30

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