Can a smartphone app accurately measure depression?
NCT ID NCT06601140
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether a smartphone app called EMOCARE can accurately track emotional changes in people with mild to severe depression. About 104 adults will use the app for 6 weeks while also filling out standard depression questionnaires. The goal is to see if the app gives results similar to those questionnaires and to learn about any problems users may face.
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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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About 104 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 years and older
- 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: * Patient of both sexes aged 18 or over. * Outpatient with unipolar depression (regardless of the time of the episode) (major depressive disorder). * Patient with an episode of major depression supported by PHQ-9 score greater than or equal to 5. * Patient with an episode of major depression supported by MADRS score greater than or equal to 7. * Patient accustomed to regular use of a smartphone and/or computer * Patient who, in the opinion of the investigator, will comply with the requirements of the protocol. * Patient affiliated to a social security scheme or beneficiary of such a scheme. * Patient who has received full information about how the clinical investigation shall be conducted and has signed an informed consent form. * Patient who reads and understands French. * Patient who has undergone clinical screening adapted to the clinical investigation. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient treated with antipsychotic drugs. * Patient with an unstable pathology that could interfere with the study. * Patient unable to communicate or cooperate with the investigator due to a low mental level, language difficulties or impaired cerebral function. * Patient with an active suicidal tendency or patient who has had a suicidal episode in the last 6 months * Patients with borderline personality disorders. * Patient with a contra-indication to the product(s) under evaluation. * Woman of childbearing age without effective contraception. * Pregnant woman, birthing or breastfeeding mother * Minor (not emancipated) * Incapacitated person
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Conditions
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As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
10 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNantes, 44093, France
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Centre Psychothérapique de Nancy
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLaxou, 54521, France
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Centre hospitalier Guillaume Régnier
RECRUITINGRennes, 35000, France
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Private psychiatric practice
RECRUITINGAgen, 47000, France
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Private psychiatric practice
TERMINATEDMaxéville, 54320, France
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Private psychiatric practice
RECRUITINGNantes, 44000, France
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Private psychiatric practice
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGParis, 75013, France
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Private psychiatric practice
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGReims, 51000, France
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Private psychiatric practice
RECRUITINGSaint-Grégoire, 35760, France
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Private psychiatric practice
RECRUITINGSaint-Nazaire, 44600, France
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Private psychiatric pratice
RECRUITINGCaen, 14000, France
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