Pilot Study of Personalized Aperiodic Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation in Antenatal Depression (PandA-tACS)
NCT06979154 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10
Last updated 2026-04-09
Summary
The purpose of this study is to develop the safety, feasibility, and tolerability of a personalized transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) approach in antenatal depression.
Conditions
- Antenatal Depression
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Major Depressive Disorder in Pregnancy
- Healthy Controls
Interventions
- DEVICE
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tACS (aperiodic)
Individualized tACS waveform based on aperiodic EEG activity will be delivered.
Sponsors & Collaborators
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Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
collaborator OTHER - collaborator OTHER
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
lead OTHER
Principal Investigators
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Flavio Frohlich, PhD, MSc ETH, MA · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Study Design
- Allocation
- NON_RANDOMIZED
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Masking
- NONE
- Model
- SEQUENTIAL
Eligibility
- Min Age
- 18 Years
- Max Age
- 45 Years
- Sex
- FEMALE
- Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Timeline & Regulatory
- Start
- 2025-08-12
- Primary Completion
- 2026-12-01
- Completion
- 2026-12-01
- FDA Device
- Yes
Countries
- United States
Study Locations
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