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
- The person is between 13 and 17 years old.
- The person has been diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) with a current depressive episode, but without psychosis, as confirmed by a standard diagnostic interview tool.
- The person has a depression severity score of 20 or higher on a standard rating scale called the HAMD-17.
- The person's treatment plan has not changed in the 4 weeks before the screening visit.
- The person does not have severe mental disorders or intellectual disabilities.
- The person is able to actively cooperate with the study process and any follow-up appointments.
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.
- The person has serious conditions affecting the heart, liver, kidneys, or blood-producing system.
- The person misuses drugs, is dependent on alcohol, or has a mental illness that cannot be controlled.
- The person has active thoughts of suicide, as identified through standard assessment tools used in the trial.
- The person is pregnant or breastfeeding.
- The person has been found through a brain MRI scan to have specific types of brain damage, such as areas of dead tissue, softened tissue, bleeding, or growths.
- The person has metal objects implanted in or near the head or brain (such as aneurysm clips, shunt devices, stimulators, cochlear implants, or electrodes) that cannot be safely removed.
- The person's medication or psychotherapy plan changed before the screening visit (confirm with trial site for exact timing details).
- The person is unable to cooperate with an fMRI scan or the brain stimulation treatment used in this trial.
- The person has received any other form of brain stimulation treatment within the past 3 months.
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.
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Trial details
Primary endpoints
The change in Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) between groups overtime
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Data last synced from ClinicalTrials.gov: 24 July 2026. Trial status can change. Always verify current status directly with the trial site before making any decision.