Neurofeedback as a Treatment Tool for Depression

NCT01544205 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 43

Last updated 2024-09-19

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Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate whether neurofeedback delivered via functional magnetic resonance imaging signals can be used to train depressed patients to self-regulate emotion networks and whether this improves clinical symptoms.

Conditions

  • Unipolar Depression

Interventions

OTHER

fMRI-based neurofeedback

5 sessions lasting one hour each

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical Research Council

    collaborator OTHER_GOV
  • National Institute for Social Care and Health Research

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • Cardiff University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David E Linden, MD · Cardiff University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-03-31
Primary Completion
2014-09-30
Completion
2014-09-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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