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NCT05202119
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Empower: tDCS for Major Depressive Disorder at Home

Sponsor: Flow Neuroscience AB

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Summary

A two-center trial to investigate whether or not active stimulation with the Flow FL-100 tDCS device is superior to sham stimulation for the treatment of major depressive disorder when used at home. Participants perform up to 36 tDCS sessions by themselves without supervision during a blinded 10-week phase, and then 30 more sessions during an unblinded open-label phase.

Official title: Empower: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Major Depressive Disorder: a Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Randomized, Superiority Trial

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - Any

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

174

Start Date

2022-05-12

Completion Date

2023-08-31

Last Updated

2026-04-22

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

DEVICE

Transcranial direct current stimulation

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) a non-invasive brain stimulation technique where a weak direct current (2 mA) is applied on the scalp through electrodes. The current modulates the underlying neural activity. The sessions are 30 minutes, 3-5 time a week.

DEVICE

Sham Transcranial direct current stimulation

To blind the participants of the stimulation, a standardized sham protocol is used where the current ramped up and then down breifly in the beginning and end of each session to simulate active stimulation.

Locations (2)

UT Health Science Center

Houston, Texas, United States

School of Psychology, University East London

London, London, United Kingdom