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Depression Neuromodulation Clinical Trials

36 actively recruiting studies

Mapping and Modulating the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Socio-Affective Processing
NCT05418894 · Phase: NA · Started 2022-04-01

The overall goal of this study is to map the spatiotemporal dynamics of social affective processing and to examine selective modulation of these dynamics in humans undergoing invasive intracranial mon...

📍 Houston, Texas, United States
Recruiting
Neuromodulation and Attention Deficits in MDD
NCT07111169 · Phase: NA · Started 2024-01-01

Multimodal study (Behavior, TMS, EEG) combining a sham-controlled intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) intervention with an additional-singleton task and EEG to evaluate whether left dorsolater...

📍 Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Combining rTMS & Aerobic Exercise to Treat Depression and Improve Post-Stroke Walking
NCT07050355 · Phase: NA · Started 2024-11-01

Investigators primary aim is to carry out a two-site, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, phase II trial to systematically examine the potential for aerobic exercise (AEx) to enhance the anti-d...

📍 Durham, North Carolina, United States · Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Recruiting
tDCS: Sleep to Mood in Depression (S2M-D)
NCT07572526 · Phase: NA · Started 2026-06-04

The purpose of this study is to determine whether changes in sleep consolidation occur during home-based transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in adults with moderate depression and whether t...

📍 New York, New York, United States
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Modulating Spinal Interoceptive Pathways to Evaluate Their Role and Therapeutic Potential in MDD Symptomatic Domains
NCT06795451 · Phase: PHASE1, PHASE2 · Started 2025-02-25

Spinal interoceptive pathways (SIPs) convey bodily signals to an interoceptive system in the brain and their dysregulation is linked to major depressive disorder (MDD). Current treatments are partiall...

📍 Mason, Ohio, United States
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Personalized Ultrasonic Brain Stimulation for Depression (R61)
NCT06902298 · Phase: PHASE1, PHASE2 · Started 2025-03-10

This study will evaluate a new form of non-invasive brain stimulation for individuals with depression. Personalized low-intensity transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation will be delivered using a ...

📍 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Recruiting
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to Treat Depression in Autism Spectrum Disorder
NCT06142955 · Phase: NA · Started 2024-04-30

This study will assess clinical and behavioral measures along with electroencephalogram (EEG), event-related potentials (ERPS), and eye-tracking (ET) prior to and following a single intermittent Theta...

📍 New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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Translational Biomarkers in Accelerated Neuromodulation for Treatment-resistant Depression
NCT05798143 · Phase: NA · Started 2023-02-28

Background: 30-50% of patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) do not respond adequately despite two or more antidepressant treatments with proper dosage and timing of administration, configuring...

📍 Chieti, Italy
Recruiting
Home-Based tDCS for Depression in BPD
NCT06972368 · Phase: NA · Started 2026-01-01

The present study aims to assess the feasibility of home-based tDCS in remote and urban areas (primary objective). The secondary aim is to obtain a preliminary assessment of the efficacy of 14 home-b...

📍 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Recruiting
Search for Novel Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Targets for Mental Illness
NCT06376734 · Phase: PHASE2 · Started 2025-01-30

Participants will receive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) at a random location in the left prefrontal cortex, excluding sites that are potentially unsafe. Extensive behavioral testing will be ...

📍 Sunnyvale, California, United States · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Recruiting
Accelerated Neuromodulation of Anterior Cingulate Cortex for Depression
NCT07212465 · Phase: NA · Started 2025-07-21

The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether an accelerated deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (dTMS) protocol can reduce depressive symptoms in older adults (ages 60-85) with Major Depressi...

📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Recruiting
Personalized Brain Stimulation to Treat Chronic Concussive Symptoms
NCT06073886 · Phase: PHASE2 · Started 2024-03-06

The goal of this study is to investigate a new treatment for chronic symptoms after concussion or mild traumatic brain injury in people aged 18-65 years old. Chronic symptoms could include dizziness, ...

📍 Westwood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Recruiting
Combined Neuromodulation and Cognitive Training for Post-mTBI Depression
NCT05682677 · Phase: NA · Started 2023-09-19

The primary goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether Personalized Augmented Cognitive Training (PACT) plus intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) is effective for treating depression in...

📍 La Jolla, California, United States
Recruiting
SAINT in Postpartum Depression (PPD)
NCT07210255 · Phase: NA · Started 2025-11-01

This study is a large, multi-site clinical trial testing whether Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy (SAINT), a fast-acting form of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (r...

📍 Worcester, Massachusetts, United States · New York, New York, United States · Charleston, South Carolina, United States · Austin, Texas, United States
Recruiting
Accelerated Intermittent Theta Burst in Treatment-Naive Adolescents
NCT06523439 · Phase: NA · Started 2025-01

This is a single-site open-label clinical trial of the Stanford Accelerated Intermittent Neuromodulation Therapy (SAINT®) protocol. The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a new form of transcr...

📍 Austin, Texas, United States
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Using TMS to Understand Neural Processes of Social Motivation
NCT06274112 · Phase: NA · Started 2025-09-30

The purpose of this study is to use transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to better understand the neural circuits associated with social motivation. Participant includes four study visits each tha...

📍 Auburn, Alabama, United States
Recruiting
Low Amplitude Pulse Seizure Therapy Versus Standard Ultra-Brief Right Unilateral Electroconvulsive Therapy
NCT06529029 · Phase: PHASE2, PHASE3 · Started 2024-07-03

This protocol proposes an initial randomized clinical trial that includes all patients with suicidal ideation (SI) at baseline, and with SI as the primary outcome measure to examine whether Right Unil...

📍 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Recruiting
Effects of Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Emotion Regulation and Executive Functioning in Prader-Willi Syndrome
NCT06720571 · Phase: NA · Started 2023-11-22

The STIM-PRADER study aims to assess the effectiveness of auricular vagal neuromodulation therapy (aVNT) on emotional, behavioral, and cognitive domains impaired in Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS). Curren...

📍 Bordeaux, France · Hendaye, France · Paris, France · Toulouse, France
Recruiting
Rapid Antidepressant Dynamics in Acute Neuromodulation Treatments
NCT06976840 · Phase: NA · Started 2026-05-15

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how different types of non-invasive brain stimulation affect mood and brain function in adults with major depressive disorder (MDD). It will also study how ...

📍 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Recruiting
External Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation for Migraine Treatment in Pregnancy
NCT06788977 · Phase: Not specified · Started 2024-11-25

This online registry aims to understand the potential benefits and safety of external trigeminal nerve stimulation for the treatment of migraine in pregnant women. Women do not need to use external tr...

📍 Darien, Connecticut, United States
Recruiting
Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation in Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression
NCT07094789 · Phase: NA · Started 2025-07-11

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the safety and initial effectiveness of Magnetic Resonance-guided focused ultrasound neuromodulation using the Next Generation Dome Helmet (NGDH) device ...

📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Recruiting
rTMS for Youth Inpatients With Depression
NCT07140575 · Phase: NA · Started 2025-08

Youth aged 15-24 are likelier to have depression than all age groups in Canada. One-third of depressed youth do not respond to psychotherapy and/or antidepressant medications. A treatment called repet...

📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Recruiting
qEEG Brain Signature of Depression & Neuromodulation-induced Recovery
NCT06719427 · Phase: PHASE1 · Started 2025-01-06

This study aims to explore how repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), a treatment for depression, affects brain function. Depression disrupts the brain's complex network or regions that ...

📍 North York, Ontario, Canada · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Recruiting
Neuromodulation in the Elderly Depressed: a Brain Imaging Pilot Study
NCT04783103 · Phase: NA · Started 2021-05-07

To evaluate safety and efficacy of an accelerated deep brain Transcranial Magnetic stimulation (adTMS) and transcutaneous direct current stimulation (tDCS) protocol in an elderly depressed patient pop...

📍 Jette, Brussels Capital, Belgium
Recruiting
The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Improving Emotion Health
NCT07319143 · Phase: NA · Started 2026-01-08

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate how transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) affects emotion functions in young adults aged 18-35 from the local community, including both male ...

📍 Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Recruiting
Ultrasound Neuromodulation of Circuits and Negative Valence Systems in Treatment-Resistant Depression
NCT07166289 · Phase: NA · Started 2025-09-30

Approximately one third of individuals with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) are considered treatment-resistant, subject to severe disability and risk of suicide, and exhibit symptoms anchored in abnor...

📍 Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Recruiting
Home-Based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for Depression in Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
NCT06901687 · Phase: PHASE2 · Started 2025-08-11

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...

📍 New York, New York, United States
Recruiting
Effectiveness of Non-invasive Neuromodulation in Patients With Long-COVID
NCT06456502 · Phase: NA · Started 2024-06

Sleep quality and duration are critical to cognitive, emotional and physical well-being, and poor sleep quality has been associated with an increased risk of cognitive, psychological and cardiometabol...

📍 Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
Recruiting
Analgesic Efficacy of Multisite rTMS in Fibromyalgia Patients
NCT07642882 · Phase: NA · Started 2026-09

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) of the motor cortex is a recognized analgesic technique for the treatment of fibromyalgia pain, which represents a largely unmet medical need. Howev...

📍 Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France Region, France
Recruiting
DBS for Depression
NCT03437928 · Phase: NA · Started 2019-08-20

The goal of the study is to address the unmet need of TRD patients by identifying brain networks critical for treating depression and to use next generation precision DBS with steering capability to e...

📍 Dallas, Texas, United States · Houston, Texas, United States
Recruiting
Neuromodulation in Patients With Neuropathic Pain and Depression.
NCT06129890 · Phase: NA · Started 2024-04-26

High-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the primary motor cortex has shown its effect on refractory neuropathic pain, and rTMS of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is commonly ...

📍 Saint-Etienne, France
Recruiting
Feasibility of Home-Based Intermittent 60Hz Light Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
NCT07111390 · Phase: NA · Started 2025-08-18

This pilot study evaluates the feasibility, safety, and preliminary efficacy of home-based 60Hz intermittent light therapy in adults with a major depressive episode (MDE). Participants will be randomi...

📍 New York, New York, United States
Recruiting
Optimization of ITBS for Depression
NCT06464445 · Phase: NA · Started 2024-08-01

Repetitive TMS (rTMS) is a well-established method for modulating brain activity. Through successive stimulations in the form of magnetic fields, it is possible to modify the sensitivity of neurons in...

📍 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Recruiting
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Neuromodulation of Executive Function Across Neuropsychiatric Populations
NCT04296604 · Phase: NA · Started 2014-09

In the current study, the investigators aim to understand the role of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in improving executive function across neuropsychiatric populations known to have d...

📍 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Recruiting
Accelerated TMS for Perinatal Depression
NCT06968390 · Phase: NA · Started 2025-08-05

We are studying a treatment for depression called accelerated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) among pregnant and postpartum individuals. TMS is a focal, non-invasive form of brain stimulation ...

📍 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Recruiting
Sparrow Link Neuromodulation Device for Opioid Withdrawal Management in Hospitalized Adults With Opioid Use Disorder
NCT07079826 · Phase: NA · Started 2026-05-27

This study is evaluating the Sparrow Link, a wearable device that delivers gentle electrical signals to nerves in the outer ear (a technique known as transcutaneous auricular neurostimulation, or tAN)...

📍 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Recruiting