Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Treat Major Depressive Disorder

NCT01149889 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2011-12-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators purpose is to offer active Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in patients of the investigators previous study who received either placebo or sertraline and have not responded.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

transcranial direct current stimulation

Transcranial direct current stimulation will be applied at 2mA, 30 minutes/day, for 10 weekdays consecutively

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andre R Brunoni, MD · University of Sao Paulo

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-06-30
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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