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Study Comparing Outcomes for Patients With Treatment Resistant Depression Who Receive VNS Therapy at Different Doses

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00305565

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Official title

Randomized Comparison of Outcomes in Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression Who Receive VNS Therapy Administered at Different Amounts of Electrical Charge

Brief summary

Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.

This is a postmarket medical device study. The objective of this study is to compare the safety and effectiveness of Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Therapy administered at different amounts of electrical charge for the treatment of patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD).

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00305565
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Lead sponsor
Cyberonics, Inc.
Industry
Enrollment
331 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Device

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Jan 2006 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Feb 2010 (Actual)
Completion
Feb 2010 (Actual)
Last update posted
Jan 7, 2014

2006 – 2010

United States locations

U.S. sites
26
U.S. states
17
U.S. cities
24
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Arizona Tucson Arizona 85724 —
Sutter Institute for Medical Research Sacramento California 95816 —
Northwest Behavioral Research Center Marietta Georgia 30060 —
Evanston Northwestern Hospital Evanston Illinois 60201 —
Clinical Research Institute Wichita Kansas 67211 —
Brentwood Research Institute Shreveport Louisiana 71101 —
Sheppard Pratt Hospital Baltimore Maryland 21204 —
Pharmasite Research Inc. Baltimore Maryland 21208 —
Massachusetts General Hospital Charlestown Massachusetts 02129 —
Psychiatric Recovery Saint Paul Minnesota 55114 —
St. Louis University St Louis Missouri 63104 —
Dent Neurologic Institute Amherst New York 14226 —
Eastside Comprehensive Medical Center New York New York 10021 —
New York State Psychiatric Institute New York New York 10032 —
SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse New York 13210 —
Oregon Health & Science University Portland Oregon 97239 —
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey Pennsylvania 17033 —
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 —
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15213 —
Butler Hospital Providence Rhode Island 02906 —
Community Clinical Research, Inc. Austin Texas 78756 —
UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas Texas 75235-8898 —
Claghorn-Lesem Research Clinic, LTD Houston Texas 77401 —
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio Texas 78229 —
University of Utah Salt Lake City Utah 84132-2502 —
Center for Anxiety and Depression Mercer Island Washington 98040 —

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