NCT04061148Recruiting
Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) for Assessment of Depression
Clinical Testing of Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) for Quantitative Assessment of Depression
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 11 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Develop a NIRSIT testing protocol that can be administered in the diagnostic setting and reliably distinguishes the symptoms and severity of depression, with the help of repeated measure (up to five visits per subject) comparison of patients being treated for Major Depressive Disorder with control, non-depressed subjects.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 90 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 20 Feb 2019
- Start date
- 4 Jan 2019
- Primary completion date
- 30 Dec 2029
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
- Diseases
- Depression
- NCT number
- NCT04061148
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 90
- From 4 Jan 2019 to the primary completion date, 30 Dec 2029
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Exclusion criteria for depressed patients: 1.Psychotic disorders like schizophrenia 2.Major neurocognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and other dementias 3.Neurologic disorders with anatomic lesions including traumatic brain injury, stroke, tumor and arteriovenous malformation 4.Not receiving clinical therapy for depression at SFVAMC'
Other illness
- Exclusion criteria for control subjects: 1.Depression 2.Anxiety, psychotic, substance abuse, mood and personality disorders 3.Major neurocognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and other dementias 4.Neurologic disorders with anatomic lesions including traumatic brain injury, stroke, tumor and arteriovenous malformation
Other
- Subjects who cannot sign informed consent.
Who the study is looking for
- All subjects who sign informed consent.
- Controls: Volunteers over 18 years of age who are not depressed.
- Patients over 18 years of age with a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder, receiving clinical therapy at SFVAMC.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Francisco | United States | Recruiting |
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