Can your heartbeat tell doctors how to treat depression?
NCT ID NCT06455527
First seen Dec 01, 2025 · Last updated Jun 21, 2026 · Updated 26 times
Summary
This study tests whether heart rate data can help guide a non-invasive brain stimulation technique called tDCS for people with mild to moderate depression. One hundred participants will receive either real or sham tDCS at home over 10 sessions. Researchers will monitor heart rate to see if it can predict who responds best to the treatment.
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NYU Langone Health
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10017, United States
What this could mean
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Active substance
transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
What this could lead to
If successful, this could lead to a more personalized, at-home brain stimulation treatment for depression that uses heart rate to guide therapy.
What could go wrong
This is an early-stage study focused on finding a biomarker, not on proving the treatment works. The sample size is small, and results may not apply to everyone with depression.
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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