Active clinical trials for "Depressive Disorder, Major"

The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of theta-burst rTMS in patients with major depression. Patients will be randomized to receive ether left-sided intermittent theta-burst rTMS or rigt-sided continuous theta-burst rTMS or sham theta-burst rTMS over two weeks period with an option for an additional two weeks period, depending on treatment response. Clinical assessments will be performed weekly by the Hamilton depression rating scale. In addition, standard neurophysiological assessment of cortical excitability will be done.

We hypothesize that depressed patients who have not responded to their current antidepressant medication will respond to the addition of ropinirole to their current regimen at a rate better than placebo.

We will evaluate the effect of a short-term aerobic exercise program as an adjuvant treatment in patients with depression undergoing standard clinical antidepressant medication therapy as compared to the effect of stretching exercise. In addition, the effect of exercise on plasma biological markers will be examined and observed changes correlated with clinical antidepressant effects. We hypothesize that the aerobic exercise group will achieve a significantly higher response rates of depressive symptoms, will also have a greater degree of change in the plasma markers, than the control stretching group.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are effective as a monotherapy for depression.

The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the clinical curative effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy(MBCT) for major depressive disorder(MDD). Moreover, we will also explore the relationship between P300 potential and erroneous negative potential (ERN) variation and clinical symptoms in MDD and MBCT. This study is a randomized-control trial with two study arms: half of patient cases will receive usual medication treatment with the serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and half of patient cases will receive MBCT added to the usual medication treatment. This study is also a case-control trial, there will be matched normal controls compared with patient cases through a range of psychological scales and electroencephalogram.

This is a parallel randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled clinical trial in which a total of 72 drug-naïve MDD subjects (36 per arm) are randomized to one of two groups: Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT) combined with either active or sham tDCS. The primary outcome is mood improvement, as measured by the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). The secondary outcome is to test whether tDCS combined with CBT can engage the proposed mechanistic target, of restoring the prefrontal imbalance and connectivity, by changes over EEG.

This study will examine the use of a transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Treatment (TranS-C) in treating Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in Chinese adults. Sleep disturbance is highly comorbid with a range of psychological disorders, especially MDD. MDD is a major public health concern and a leading cause of disability worldwide. A shift in treatment perspectives, from a disorder-specific approach to a transdiagnostic approach, has been proposed. While the disorder-specific approach tends to understand and treat different mental disorders as independent psychological problems, the transdiagnostic approach aims to identify common clinical features (e.g. sleep disturbances) across a range of psychological disorders. The transdiagnostic approach would potentially facilitate timely dissemination of evidence-based psychological treatments and contribute to significant public health implications. This study will be a randomized controlled trial on the efficacy of TranS-C for MDD. TranS-C integrates elements of evidence-based interventions, namely cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia, delayed sleep phase type, and interpersonal and social rhythm therapy. Prior to all study procedures, an online informed consent (with phone support) will be obtained from potential participants. Around 150 eligible participants will be randomly assigned to the TranS-C group or the care-as-usual control group (CAU group) in a ratio of 1:1. The randomization will be performed by an independent assessor using a computer-generated list of numbers. No deception is necessary. Participants in the TranS-C group will receive TranS-C once per week for 6 consecutive weeks respectively. The group treatment will be delivered by a clinical psychology trainee under the supervision of a clinical psychologist. The TranS-C group will complete a set of online/paper-and-pencil questionnaires before the treatment commences, 1-week, and 12-week after the treatment sessions are completed. The CAU group will complete the same set of online/paper-and-pencil questionnaires during the same periods.

Depressive disorder is known as being accompanied with the activation of immune system which could lead to a series of changes including the neuron apoptosis, synapses transmission inhibition and emotional symptoms. The activation of protein kinase C (PKC) can reverse the immune/inflammatory process and restore the neuroplasticity and neurotransmitters transmission. Based on our finding that patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) showed a significantly lower gene expression of PRKCB1, while the PKC activation mediated by PRKCB1, we hypothesize that PRKCB1 contribute to the development of MDD and treatment response by its specific expression in brain, regulating ERBB, Chemokine signaling pathways and PKC activation during the neuroinflammatory process. In the present study, we aim to evaluate and verify the regulation effect of PRKCB1 on the neuroimmune and inflammatory mechanism in depressive disorder by a serious of studies focus on PRKCB1 gene expression modulating process and different downstream biomarkers which associated with PRKCB1 effect, combined with the specified treatment (plus omega-3 poly unsaturated fat acids). This study may provide scientific evidences for using neuroinflammatory biomarkers to diagnose MDD, as well as personalized treatment.

This single-site clinical trial is an open-label study to identify the safety and pharmacokinetics of DPI-386 Nasal Gel (intranasal scopolamine gel) and IV Scopolamine. The study will require subjects to receive either multiple doses of 0.2 mg or a single dose of 0.4 mg, 0.6 mg, 0.8 mg, 1.0 mg, or 1.2 mg of DPI-386 Nasal Gel or 0.4 mg/mL IV Scopolamine per the assigned treatment cohort. Multiple PK blood draws will be collected dependent on cohort assignment. Vital signs and ECGs will be collected. No efficacy will be tested. Subjects will be monitored for at least eight hours after the final dose. There could be up to 160 subjects enrolled stratified equally by gender. Screening will not occur until after subjects have signed the informed consent form (ICF). Screening will include hematology, biochemistry, urinalysis, alcohol and drug screen, physical examination, including vital signs and ECG, and review of medical history by the PI or qualified designee, serum pregnancy test as applicable, and agreement to adhere to the study lifestyle requirements. Subject data will be recorded in the source documents and appropriate eCRF.

This is a randomised double-blind clinical trial. The aim is to compare the efficacy and mechanisms of action of psilocybin, the primary psychoactive substance in 'magic mushrooms', with the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) escitalopram for major depressive disorder (MDD).