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Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) for Assessment of Depression

University of California, San Francisco · with OBELAB, Inc., San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center · NCT04061148

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
90
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
January 4, 2019
Record last updated
September 11, 2026

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What the study is about

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.

Being studied: NIRSIT

Conditions: Major Depressive Disorder

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • 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.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Subjects who cannot sign informed consent.
  • 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
  • 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'

Recruiting US locations

  • San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center

    San Francisco, CA 94121

    Site contact: Arthur Wallace, MD, PhD

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Anusha Badathala, MBBS · 4152214810 · Anusha.Badathala@ncire.org
  • Arthur Wallace, MD, PhD · 4152214810 · art.wallace@va.gov
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