Depression and Anxiety Trial, Not Yet Recruiting
voxsanity.com.au · Eligibility summary from public government registries · 18 August 2026 · not medical advice
Who may and may not be able to join
AI generated eligibility summary. Written by an AI model from the official source data and checked on a sample basis. It can contain mistakes, so confirm anything important against the original source. How we use AI
Who may be able to join
- Women who are not currently taking any medication and are experiencing a moderate to severe episode of major depression, with symptoms starting either before giving birth or between two weeks and six months after giving birth (based on a specific depression rating scale).
- Women between 18 and 45 years of age.
- Women who carried their pregnancy to full term.
- Women who had an uncomplicated birth and delivered a healthy newborn.
- Women who are able to manage the technical aspects of the treatment involved in the trial.
Who may not be able to join
Each point below is a reason the trial team may not be able to accept someone. It is not a list of requirements to meet.
- People who have a medical reason why they cannot receive tDCS (a type of mild electrical brain stimulation) — confirm specific contraindications with the trial site.
- People who have previously had tDCS treatment.
- People who have a mental health condition other than depression (without episodes of mania) or anxiety.
- People who are experiencing thoughts of suicide.
Important: Always verify eligibility with the trial site directly before applying.
Based on publicly available eligibility criteria from ClinicalTrials.gov. Verify directly with the trial site before acting. This is not medical advice.
If you need support right now
This page includes language about suicide and self-harm, because that is how the trial's eligibility criteria are written. If reading it has been hard, you do not have to keep going. The services below are free, confidential, and answered by people trained for exactly this.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 000.
- Lifeline — 24/7 crisis support: 13 11 14
- Suicide Call Back Service — 24/7 counselling: 1300 659 467
- 13YARN — 24/7, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: 13 92 76
- Beyond Blue — 24/7 mental health support: 1300 22 4636
- Emergency: 000
Outside Australia? The numbers above are Australian and will not work from overseas. Find a Helpline is a free directory of crisis lines in over 130 countries, run by ThroughLine with the International Association for Suicide Prevention. If you are in immediate danger, call your local emergency number.
Voxsanity is not a crisis service, and nothing on this page is medical advice. More Australian services are listed on our support lines page.
Contact this trial
Principal Investigator: Ana Ganho-Ávila, PhD, University of Coimbra
Phone: 00351968106007
Contact details sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. Verify directly with the trial site before attending.
GP referral letter
Print a one-page summary to share with your doctor.
Trial details
This date has passed while the registry still lists the trial as open to participants. Sponsors often update a trial's status without revising its projected end date, so it may well still be recruiting — but the record is out of date in at least one respect. Check with the study contact before relying on either.
Primary endpoints
Feasibility of the intervention - Number of completed tDCS applications; Change from Baseline on the feasibility of the intervention according to patients.; Change across treatment and follow-up time points on the feasibility of the intervention - Compliance with symptom monitoring; Change across treatment and follow-up time points on the feasibility of the assessment procedures - Compliance with outcomes assessment visits; Change from baseline depressive symptoms.
Can't join this trial?
Data last synced from ClinicalTrials.gov: 23 July 2026. Trial status can change. Always verify current status directly with the trial site before making any decision.