NCT05426265Completed
The Effects of Videogames on Depression Symptoms and Brain Dynamics
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effects of a game-based digital-therapeutics (DTx) medical software device on the symptoms of depression in adults with confirmed major depressive disorder.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 1001 (actual)
- First submitted
- 17 May 2022
- Start date
- 28 Jun 2022
- Primary completion date
- 14 Aug 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Aalto University
- Diseases
- Depression
- NCT number
- NCT05426265
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 1001
- From 28 Jun 2022 to the primary completion date, 14 Aug 2024
- 6 sites 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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Other illness
- They have psychotic disorders
- They have neurological disorders such as epilepsy or brain injury
Other
- They have threat of self-harm
- They have addiction to digital games
- They are pregnant or breastfeeding
- They have impaired ability in decision making
- They are prisoner or forensic subject
Who the study is looking for
- Between 18-65 year-old
- Suffering from major depressive disorder
- Have an ongoing mental health treatment contact to basic healthcare, specialised healthcare, student healthcare or occupational healthcare
- Has sufficient eyesight with or without prescription
- Has a Windows computer with internet connection and mouse
- Has email and phone number
Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (6)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aalto University (TMS) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Espoo | Finland | Unknown status |
| Aalto University, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Espoo | Finland | Unknown status |
| Helsinki University Hospital, Psychiatry Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Helsinki | Finland | Unknown status |
| University of Helsinki Neuroscience Center (MEG, MRI) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Helsinki | Finland | Unknown status |
| Helsinki University Hospital BioMag laboratory Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Helsinki | Finland | Unknown status |
| Turku University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Turku | Finland | Unknown status |
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