Phase 2 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
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Who may be able to join
- People who work in healthcare as a physician, nurse, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant and are currently practising clinically.
- People aged between 25 and 70 years old.
- People who feel they used to find deep meaning in their work as a healthcare clinician but that sense of meaning has faded over the past 5 years.
- People with a score of 10 or higher on a standard depression symptom questionnaire called the PHQ-9, indicating at least moderate symptoms.
- People who are able to attend all preparation sessions and the full retreat as required by the trial.
- People who have enough fluency in English to participate in group sessions.
- People whose routine blood test results, including liver function tests, fall within acceptable ranges.
- People whose urine drug screen shows no non-prescribed psychoactive substances.
- People whose heart tracing (ECG) shows a QTc measurement below 450 milliseconds (confirm with trial site if unsure what this means).
- People who are willing to stop taking supplements that have serotonin-like effects, such as 5-HTP, St. John's Wort, and certain "brain food" supplements, before participating.
- People who are capable of becoming pregnant and agree to use a highly effective form of contraception, such as an implant, IUD, contraceptive injection, or contraceptive pill, during 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 personally experienced, or have a parent or sibling who has experienced, a psychotic disorder or bipolar I disorder.
- People who experienced a major depressive episode before they began working in healthcare as a professional.
- People who are currently experiencing thoughts of suicide with a plan or intention to act on them.
- People with medical conditions that are not currently stable.
- People who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
- People with high blood pressure, specifically a reading above 150 (top number) or above 90 (bottom number).
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: Anthony Back, MD, University of Washington
Phone: (206) 295-4425
Contact details sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. Verify directly with the trial site before attending.
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Data last synced from ClinicalTrials.gov: 14 July 2026. Trial status can change. Always verify current status directly with the trial site before making any decision.