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Awarded Trial: 11T-005

Grant ID

11T-005

Illness

Bipolar and Unipolar Depression

Primary Drug/Intervention

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)

Primary Dosage

2.5 mA

Secondary Drug Intervention

N/A

Secondary Dosage

N/A

Other Drug/Intervention

N/A

Other Dosage

N/A

Status

Completed

Investigator

Loo

Sample Size

126

Duration of Study Period for Each Subject

58 days

Outcome Measurements

primary- MADRS; secondary- CGI, QIDS-SR

Results

120 unipolar and bipolar participants were randomized to receive either bifrontal active tDCS of 2.5mAor sham tDCS of 1mA over 20 consecutive weekdays. There was no difference between the active and sham treatment groups for the sample as a whole, and for the unipolar group. However, in the bipolar group, the sham group significantly improved more than the active treatment group.

Publication

N/A

Link

N/A

PI Name

Colleen Loo

Degree

MD

Center

Black Dog Institute

Institution

University of New South Wales

Address

Hospital Rd., Randwick

City or Town

Sydney

State or Province

NSW

Zip or Postal Code

2031

Country

Australia

Email Address

colleen.loo@unsw.edu.au