- Conditions
- Suicidal Ideation, Major Depressive Disorder, Treatment Resistant Depression
- Interventions
- Nitrous oxide gas for inhalation, Placebo
- Drug
- Lead sponsor
- University of Chicago
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years to 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2026
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Chicago, Illinois
Depression clinical trials
Directory of U.S. ClinicalTrials.gov public records for Depression. Browse Depression recruiting trials, filter by phase, sponsor, location, or intervention, and open the official ClinicalTrials.gov study record for each result.
By Clinical Trials Finder Guidance last reviewed June 10, 2026 Data synced October 30, 2026 Report an issue
Data is sourced from official ClinicalTrials.gov public API records. Always review the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for the latest information.
These results were retrieved from the live ClinicalTrials.gov registry. Filters and sort order apply to this result list.
How Depression studies are organized in the registry
Most records use the formal term “major depressive disorder” or MDD rather than “depression” alone, and “treatment-resistant depression” (TRD) labels a distinct, sizable subset. The portfolio includes many behavioral, digital, and device interventions, so the intervention and study-type filters do real work here.
These describe how studies tend to be titled and grouped on ClinicalTrials.gov — they are search vocabulary, not medical guidance.
Live official records
Open in full search- Conditions
- Psychological Distress, Pregnancy Related, Postpartum Blues, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Anxiety, Postpartum Sadness
- Interventions
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Treatment as Usual (TAU)
- Behavioral
- Lead sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older · Female only
- Enrollment
- 84 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
- Timeline
- 2023 – 2026
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Schizo Affective Disorder
- Interventions
- FOCUS participants
- Behavioral
- Lead sponsor
- University of Washington
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years and older
- Enrollment
- 191 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
- Timeline
- 2023 – 2025
- U.S. locations
- 3
- States / cities
- St Louis, Missouri • Dover, New Hampshire • Manchester, New Hampshire
- Conditions
- Depression, Epilepsy
- Interventions
- Brain Stimulation, sEEG Stimulation
- Device
- Lead sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Other
- Eligibility
- 21 Years to 70 Years
- Enrollment
- 58 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2023 – 2028
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Houston, Texas
- Conditions
- Treatment Resistant Depression
- Interventions
- Amygdala Neurofeedback, Parietal Neurofeedback
- Device
- Lead sponsor
- Kymberly Young
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years to 55 Years
- Enrollment
- 60 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2018 – 2026
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Conditions
- Depression, Spinal Cord Injuries
- Interventions
- rTMS
- Device
- Lead sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years to 70 Years
- Enrollment
- 14 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2026 – 2029
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Conditions
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Interventions
- Rest, Aerobic Activity
- Behavioral
- Lead sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years to 65 Years
- Enrollment
- 100 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2026 – 2029
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Conditions
- Suicide, Mental Health Disorder, Anhedonia
- Interventions
- Vira, Treatment as Usual (TAU)
- Behavioral
- Lead sponsor
- Ksana Health
- Industry
- Eligibility
- 13 Years to 18 Years
- Enrollment
- 78 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2024 – 2026
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- New York, New York
- Conditions
- Treatment Resistant Depression, Major Depressive Episode, Major Depression, Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Depression, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Interventions
- Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Ketamine, Esketamine, Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (dTMS)
- Device · Drug
- Lead sponsor
- Mark Niciu
- Other
- Eligibility
- 18 Years to 99 Years
- Enrollment
- 1,000 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2020 – 2050
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Iowa City, Iowa
- Conditions
- Cannabis Use, Depression, Suicidal Ideation, Adolescent Behavior
- Interventions
- Contingency management for cannabis abstinence
- Behavioral
- Lead sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Other
- Eligibility
- 12 Years to 18 Years
- Enrollment
- 200 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2025 – 2029
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Conditions
- Social Avoidant Behavior, Major Depressive Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder
- Interventions
- TMS
- Device
- Lead sponsor
- Auburn University
- Other
- Eligibility
- 25 Years to 50 Years
- Enrollment
- 40 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
- Timeline
- 2025 – 2029
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Auburn, Alabama
- Conditions
- Suicide, Attempted, Suicide, Ideation, Depression
- Interventions
- neurofeedback training involving dACC, neurofeedback training involving amygdala
- Other
- Lead sponsor
- University of Minnesota
- Other
- Eligibility
- 11 Years to 18 Years
- Enrollment
- 157 participants
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
- Timeline
- 2022 – 2024
- U.S. locations
- 1
- States / cities
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
About this Depression clinical trials directory page
- What this page lists
- U.S. ClinicalTrials.gov public records that list Depression as a study condition, including recruiting, not yet recruiting, and active not recruiting trials across phase 1, phase 2, and phase 3.
- How to narrow results
- Use the filters above to scope by intervention, sponsor, city, state, recruitment status, phase, study type, healthy volunteer eligibility, sex, age, or NCT ID within Depression.
- Where the data comes from
- Records are sourced from the official ClinicalTrials.gov public API. Each result links back to the official study page, which is the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, ranking of trials by quality, or AI-generated medical summaries.
Related: all condition pages, browse by drug or therapy, browse by U.S. city, browse by sponsor, or open the full search for Depression.