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Lead
Massachusetts General Hospital
With
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Yale University
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Emory University
Age
18–65
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Male or female, 18-65 years old
Diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and currently experiencing a Major Depressive Episode (MDE) of at least eight weeks
A participant has Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD) of the current MDE
Good general health
For female participants, status of non-childbearing potential or use of an acceptable form of birth control
Body mass index between 18-40 kg/m2
Concurrent psychotherapy will be allowed if the type and frequency of the therapy has been stable for at least three months prior to screening and is expected to remain stable during participation in the study
Concurrent hypnotic therapy will be allowed if the therapy has been stable for at least 4 weeks prior to screening and is expected to remain stable during the subject's participation in the study
Participant must be able to lie flat for 20 minutes
You may not be if
A woman of childbearing potential who is not willing to use one of the specified forms of birth control during the study
Pregnant or breastfeeding
A woman with a positive pregnancy test at screening or baseline
Participant has TRD of the current MDE with failure to achieve a satisfactory response, as perceived by the subject, to more than 3 treatment courses of a therapeutic dose of an antidepressant therapy of at least eight weeks duration
Participant has a current diagnosis of a Substance Use Disorder with the exception of nicotine dependence, at screening or within six months prior to screening
Current diagnosis of Axis I disorders other than Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Specific Phobia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or Complicated Grief (unless one of these is comorbid and clinically unstable, and/or the focus of the participant's treatment for the past six months or more).
Subject has a history of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders, any history of psychotic symptoms or is on antipsychotic medication for the treatment of psychotic symptoms
Subject has a history of eating disorders within five years of screening
Subject has any Axis I or Axis II Disorder, which at screening is clinically predominant to their MDD or has been predominant at any time within six months prior to screening
The participant is considered at significant risk for suicide during the study
Subject has had electroconvulsive therapy in the current episode of depression
Subject has had Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation or has received treatment with other experimental devices for the treatment of the current episode of depression
Subject has received Vagus Nerve Stimulation at any time
Dementia, delirium, amnestic, or other cognitive disorders
There is a clinically significant abnormality on the screening physical examination
Participation in any clinical trial with an investigational drug or device within the past month or concurrent to study participation
Known history or current episode of:
--Uncontrolled hypertension, Recent myocardial infarction (within one year) or a history of more than one myocardial infarction, Syncopal event within the past year, Congestive heart failure, Angina pectoris
Lifetime history of surgical procedures involving the brain or meninges, encephalitis, meningitis, degenerative central nervous system disorder (e.g., Alzheimer's or Parkinson's Disease), epilepsy, mental retardation, any other disease/procedure/accident/intervention associated with significant injury to or malfunction of the central nervous system, or a history of significant head trauma within the past two years.
Lab abnormalities are present
History of hypothyroidism and has been on a stable dosage of thyroid replacement medication for less than six months prior to screening
Hisotry of hyperthyroidism which was treated (medically or sugically) less than six months prior to screening
Any current or past history of any physical condition which in the investigator's opinion might put the subject at risk or interfere with the interpretation of study results
History of positive screening urine test for drugs of abuse
Patient with any non-removable stimulation device such as neurostimulators, pacemakers and cochlear implants
Patients requiring treatment with excluded concomitant medications
Patients who cannot be in a MRI
Patients who are currently using a metal intrauterine device (IUD)
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