Clinical trials: ECT
Major Depression
Effects of ECT on Monoamine Oxidase A in Depression Investigated With PET
This study aims at evaluating the effect of electroconvulsive therapy in treatment-resistant depressed patients on the major serotonin degrading enzyme in the human brain using neuroimaging methods, the monoamine oxidase A.
- Trial name
- NCT02379767
- Testing
- Electroconvulsive therapy, Positron emission tomography of the brain using [11C]harmine, Structural magnetic resonance imaging
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Memory Impairment
Donepezil Memory Preservation Post ECT
This randomized, placebo-controlled trial will evaluate the use of donepezil compared to placebo to reduce the risk of memory impairment after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
- Trial name
- NCT02331771
- Testing
- Donepezil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Porter Adventist Hospital
Depression
Effect of Electroconvulsive Therapy on Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Depression
The aim of this study is to investigate the changes in the retinal nerve fiber layer thickness of the patients with depression who received electroconvulsive therapy by means of optical coherence tomography.
- Trial name
- NCT04305132
- Testing
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mehmet Diyaddin Güleken
Education, Medical, Undergraduate, Electroconvulsive Therapy
Comparing Virtual Reality Simulation to High Fidelity Simulation as an Educational Modality for Electroconvulsive Therapy Training: A Non-Inferiority Study
The goal of this prospective, open-label non-inferiority randomized controlled trial is to investigate if Virtual Reality (VR) based simulation are an effective training tool for novice medical trainees.
- Conditions
- Education, Medical, Undergraduate, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Virtual Reality Simulation
- Trial name
- ECT-SIM (NCT07350278)
- Testing
- Virtual Reality electroconvulsive therapy simulator, Mannequin Simulator
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Major Depression Moderate, Major Depression Severe
EEG Microstate and Neuroinflammatory Biomarkers in Older Age Patients With Major Depressive Disorder Receiving ECT
This study aims to investigate the neurophysiological and inflammatory changes associated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in older age patients diagnosed with Major Depressive Episode, Major Depression, and Bipolar Disorder…
- Conditions
- Major Depression Moderate, Major Depression Severe, Major Depression With Comorbid Anxiety Symptoms, Major Depression With Panic Attacks
- Trial name
- NCT07740694
- Testing
- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa