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A Treatment for Depression Via a Gamified Mobile Phone Application Based on a New Cognitive Model

NCT05685758 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 117

Last updated 2023-10-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study is a randomized controlled treatment study comparing changes in depressive symptoms over 8 weeks between individuals with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) who have access to an FTP-based mobile phone application and a control group not engaging with the app. FTP, the process of Facilitating Thought Progression, trains the brain's cognitive thought process to expand, accelerate, and be more creative, to alleviate depressive symptoms.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

FTP-based therapeutic mobile-app

Participants are expected to play games within the mobile app and complete the available daily levels of 4 out of 5 games on at least 4 days per week for 8 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hedonia Ltd

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Paola Pedrelli, PhD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-11-03
Primary Completion
2023-07-31
Completion
2023-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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