Single Session of tACS in a Depressive Episode

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Depression, Major Depressive Disorder, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, Depressive Episode

In brief

Purpose: Investigating the effects of non-invasive transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on healthy participants and participants with mood disorders. Participants: 40 males and females, ages 18-65, with depressed mood; 40 healthy males and females, ages 18-65, free of neurological or psychiatric conditions. Procedures: This is a single visit study with two stimulation conditions (tACS and sham tACS). The session will begin with clinical assessments (including confirmation of diagnosis), followed by an interactive EEG task, then a 7 minute resting state EEG (2 minutes eyes closed, 5 minutes eyes open), followed by the stimulation session (40 minutes of tACS or sham tACS), followed by an additional 5 minute resting state EEG. The stimulation will involved 40 minutes of transcranial alternating current stimulation, 2 mA in amplitude and at individualized alpha frequency (determined by the 2 minutes eyes closed EEG recording; between 8 and 12Hz).

Key facts

Study ID
NCT03449979
Run by
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
People needed
84
Starts
2018-09-19
Expected to finish
2019-08-16
Last updated by the study team
2020-06-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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