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Study of the Effectiveness of Vestibular Stimulation Treatment in the Depressive Phase of Bipolar Disorder
Sponsor: Vest Brain,Centro de Estudios Neurovestibulares
Summary
Vestibular stimulation has been shown to be a very effective noninvasive treatment for major depression. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that presents cyclic sequences of depressive and euphoric states. Depressive phases of bipolar disorder are difficult to treat and usually are resistant to actual available treatments. This study investigates the effectiveness of a particular technique of vestibular stimulation in a group of 120 bipolar type I and II patients. After randomization 60 of them will receive specific vestibular stimulation (experimental group) and 60 will receive a sham vestibular stimulation.The study will conducted in Vest Brain, Centro de Estudios Neurovestibulares, in Chile.
Official title: Study of the Effectiveness of Vestibular Stimulation as a Coadjuvant Treatment in the Depressive Phase of Bipolar Disorder
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 60 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
120
Start Date
2016-06
Completion Date
2024-10-30
Last Updated
2024-05-07
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Vestibular stimulation
A specific vestibular stimulation technique is applied to the experimental group
Sham vestibular stimulation
Sham vestibular stimulation using lower than threshold stimuli. The absence of vestibular nystagmus confirms that it is sham.
Locations (1)
Vest Brain, Centro de Estudios Neurovestibulares
Santiago, Chile