Non-invasive Brain Stimulation and Cognitive Processing in Depression

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

30

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 22, 2014

Primary Completion Date

March 7, 2017

Study Completion Date

September 20, 2017

Conditions
Unipolar Major Depressive Disorder
Interventions
DEVICE

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

"Patients - tDCS arm: 1 mA current delivered for 20 minutes once a week for 8 weeks, immediately prior to CBT.~Patients - Sham arm: brief current change at the beginning (0 min) and end of each stimulation session (20 min) in order to mimic the effect of an actual stimulation, but no current delivered in between."

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

8 sessions of one hour (once weekly) immediately after tDCS or sham stimulation

Trial Locations (1)

WC1N 3AR

UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University College, London

OTHER

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