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NCT05273996Active, not recruitingPhase 4

Predictors of Cognitive Outcomes in Geriatric Depression

Phenotype Predictors of Cognitive Outcomes in Geriatric Depression

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 May 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study will focus on examining effects of stress on long-term mood and cognitive outcomes of late-life depression. It will also example the neural underpinnings of these changes using structural and functional brain imaging. Understanding how effects of stress in older depressed adults, as well as factors that might minimize those effects, lead to particular mood and cognitive outcomes will inform future development of novel prevention strategies.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
75 (estimated)
First submitted
13 Dec 2021
Start date
28 Sept 2021
Primary completion date
30 Apr 2027
Lead sponsor
David Steffens
Diseases
Depression
NCT number
NCT05273996

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 4
  • Planned participants: 75
  • From 28 Sept 2021 to the primary completion date, 30 Apr 2027
  • 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

  • lifetime alcohol/drug dependence

Other illness

  • conditions associated with brain abnormalities such hydrocephalus, benign and cancerous brain tumors, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, dementia, demyelinating diseases, etc.
  • untreated endocrine disorder other than diabetes mellitus
  • established clinical diagnosis of dementia
  • other primary psychiatric disorders, e.g., panic disorder, social phobia, obsessive- compulsive disorder, schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder

Who the study is looking for

  • major depression, single episode or recurrent;
  • ability to read and write English;
  • Mini-Mental State Examination \>25.

Age in the registry: 65 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
UConn Health
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FarmingtonUnited StatesUnknown status

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