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
- People who are able to give their own consent to participate.
- People who are right-handed.
- People who are currently receiving treatment for anxiety must have been on a stable treatment plan for at least 4 weeks before joining the study.
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 do not speak English.
- People with significant medical or neurological problems.
- People with a current or past psychiatric condition unrelated to anxiety, or with a current or past history of active thoughts of suicide.
- People who have had alcohol or drug problems in the past year, or who have ever had a long-term dependence on alcohol or drugs.
- People who are currently taking medications that affect the brain or nervous system.
- People with a history of seizures.
- People with a history of epilepsy.
- People who have an increased risk of seizure for any reason.
- People who are pregnant or who return a positive pregnancy test.
- People with a medical condition that increases the risk of having an fMRI or TMS procedure (confirm with trial site).
- People who have metal in their body that would make an MRI scan unsafe.
- People who have any kind of medical implant.
- People with hearing loss.
- People with claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces).
- People with orthostatic hypotension, which is a condition where blood pressure drops when standing up.
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: Nicholas Balderston, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Phone: 12157463058
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
Where this trial is recruiting
Primary endpoints
TMS-evoked BOLD responses; Anxiety Potentiated Startle
Can't join this trial?
Data last synced from ClinicalTrials.gov: 22 July 2026. Trial status can change. Always verify current status directly with the trial site before making any decision.