Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) for Assessment of Depression

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Conditions studied: Major Depressive Disorder

In brief

Develop a NIRSIT testing protocol that can be administered in the diagnostic setting and reliably distinguishes the symptoms and severity of depression, with the help of repeated measure (up to five visits per subject) comparison of patients being treated for Major Depressive Disorder with control, non-depressed subjects.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT04061148
Run by: University of California, San Francisco
People needed: 90
Starts: 2019-01-04
Expected to finish: 2027-12-30
Last updated by the study team: 2025-03-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

All subjects who sign informed consent.
Controls: Volunteers over 18 years of age who are not depressed.
Patients over 18 years of age with a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder, receiving clinical therapy at SFVAMC.

You may not qualify if…

Subjects who cannot sign informed consent.
Exclusion criteria for control subjects: 1.Depression 2.Anxiety, psychotic, substance abuse, mood and personality disorders 3.Major neurocognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and other dementias 4.Neurologic disorders with anatomic lesions including traumatic brain injury, stroke, tumor and arteriovenous malformation
Exclusion criteria for depressed patients: 1.Psychotic disorders like schizophrenia 2.Major neurocognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and other dementias 3.Neurologic disorders with anatomic lesions including traumatic brain injury, stroke, tumor and arteriovenous malformation 4.Not receiving clinical therapy for depression at SFVAMC'

Where it is running

San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center — San Francisco, California, United States (enrolling)

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