Whole-Body Hyperthermia for Mood and Anxiety Disorders

NANot yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

240

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

June 30, 2026

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2029

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2030

Conditions
Postpartum DepressionMood DisordersAnxiety DisordersPostpartum Anxiety
Interventions
OTHER

Whole-Body Hyperthermia

The Clearlight dome sauna is portable infrared sauna consisting of two lightweight domes and an infrared heating pad. The sauna will be used to deliver the intervention to the participant and the sauna session will end as soon as (1) an internal body temperature of 38.5 C (101.3 F) is reached for two consecutive minutes or, (2) 140 minutes have passed.

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

fMRI

A standard magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine will be used to take images of the brain.

Trial Locations (1)

10021

Weill Cornell Medicine, New York

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

OTHER