ECT's hidden impact on brain wiring and sleep revealed
NCT ID NCT05905705
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) affects brain connections and sleep in 50 people with treatment-resistant depression. Researchers will measure brain activity during sleep and wakefulness to understand how ECT works. The goal is to learn more, not to test a new treatment.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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
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Who is studied
Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD), unipolar major depressive disorder or bipolar depression
- Ages
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21 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
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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: * Referral for initial ECT index course for Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD), unipolar major depressive disorder or bipolar depression. Historic failure of response or remission to at least two antidepressant medications of sufficient dose and duration will be used for TRD diagnostic. Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnoses of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders. * Subjects who are unable to tolerate the Dreem device for sleep recordings will be excluded from the study.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes-Jewish Hospital
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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