Sleep Disorders Trial, Recruiting NCT05905705 Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine Condition: Sleep Disorders
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Sleep Disorders Trial, Recruiting

NCT05905705
Recruiting Not Applicable

Who may be able to join

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Who might be able to join this trial:

  • People who have been referred for their first course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for depression that has not responded to other treatments, including those with unipolar major depression or bipolar depression
  • People whose depression is considered treatment-resistant, meaning at least two different antidepressant medications at appropriate doses and for appropriate lengths of time have not worked well enough

Who may not be able to join:

  • People who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
  • People who are unable to wear the Dreem device (a headband-style sleep monitoring device) during sleep recordings

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.

This is a simplified plain English summary of the eligibility criteria. Full criteria are set by the trial investigators and may include additional requirements not shown here. Never self-exclude from a trial based on this summary. Contact the trial site directly to confirm your eligibility.
Last synced 21 July 2026
This study is not part of the standard drug-approval phase pathway (for example an observational, device, behavioural, or registry study), so a phase success rate does not apply.

Contact this trial

Principal Investigator: MohammadMehdi Kafashan, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Phone: 314-273-6129

Contact details sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. Verify directly with the trial site before attending.

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Trial details

Status
Recruiting
Phase
Not Applicable
Registry
ClinicalTrials.gov
Start date
7 March 2023
Est. completion
31 July 2027

Where this trial is recruiting

🇺🇸 United States

Primary endpoints

Slow wave activity (SWA) during non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM) stage N2/N3; Graph-based neural connectivity measure of local efficiency of information transfer (Elocal) during wakefulness; Graph-based neural connectivity measure of global information transfer (Eglobal) during ECT-induced seizure

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Expanded access pathways

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Data last synced from ClinicalTrials.gov: 21 July 2026. Trial status can change. Always verify current status directly with the trial site before making any decision.

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