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NCT06901687
PHASE2

Home-Based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for Depression in Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Sponsor: NYU Langone Health

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Summary

This project is a double-blind, sham-controlled, parallel-arm, randomized controlled trial. We will recruit n=170 people living with MS, who are experiencing an episode of depression in the context of a major depressive episode (MDE). Using our remotely supervised (RS) tDCS protocol, enrolled participants will complete 30 days of 30-minute tDCS (2.0, DLPFC left anodal) while listening to mindfulness meditation. Over the course of the study, participants will complete assessments of depression and MS symptoms. Participants will be randomized 1:1 active:sham tDCS.

Official title: Home-Based tDCS for Depression in Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - 65 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

170

Start Date

2025-08-11

Completion Date

2028-06-01

Last Updated

2025-08-14

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

DEVICE

Active tDCS

tDCS is a noninvasive brain stimulation technique that delivers a low-intensity electrical current (2.0 mA) through sponge electrodes placed on the scalp. For Active tDCS, the device is programmed to ramp up to 2.0 mA (for 30 seconds), provide constant current throughout session (29 minutes), and then ramp down (for 30 seconds) at the end.

DEVICE

Sham tDCS

tDCS is a noninvasive brain stimulation technique that delivers a low-intensity electrical current (2.0 mA) through sponge electrodes placed on the scalp. For Sham tDCS (or placebo) the device is programmed to ramp up to 2.0 mA (for 30 seconds) followed by a ramp down (30 seconds), with no current delivery for 28 minutes, and then ramp up (for 30-s) and down (for 30-s) at the end.

Locations (1)

NYU Langone Health

New York, New York, United States