Role of self-focused attention in depression
NCT ID NCT05464550
First seen Sep 09, 2026 ยท Last updated Sep 09, 2026
Summary
Using a task measuring the tracking of eye movements, the aim of this study is to demonstrate that individuals suffering from depression focus their attention more on their reflection in the screen after recalling a failure (and this all the more so as their depressive symptomatology is strong) .
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2021
- Finished
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Jun 2022
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 60 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * patients with depressive disorders according to the Diagnostic and statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) criteria * Men or women, aged 18 to 60 * patients without mental impairment * patients without neurological impairment (epilepsy, encephalopathy, head trauma) * patients with a sufficient command of French * free patients, without guardianship or curators or subordination * patients benefiting from coverage by a social security scheme or benefiting from it through a third party in accordance with the French law on biomedical research * obtaining oral non-objection by the patient after clear and honest information about the study * Patient with normal or corrected vision without rigid contact lenses Exclusion Criteria: * patients with an intelligence quotient \< 70 * patients aged \< 18 years or \> 60 years * patients with mental impairment * patients with neurological impairment (epilepsy, encephalopathy, head trauma) * patients who do not speak French well enough * patients hospitalized under duress * patients without social security * Patient wearing rigid contact lenses
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit
Poitiers, 86000, France
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