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 aged 55 years or older.
- People who score between 7 and 10 on a standard geriatric depression screening tool (GDS-15), or between 35 and 64 on a standard loneliness measurement scale (UCLA Loneliness Scale Version 3).
- People who are able to understand what the research involves, meet its requirements, and are willing and able to sign a consent form and take part throughout the project.
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 are unable to cooperate with the project or attend follow-up appointments.
- People who, in the opinion of the lead researcher, have severe or poorly controlled health conditions — including ongoing acute illness, severe infections, significantly abnormal laboratory results, or serious conditions affecting the heart, lungs, liver, nervous system, mental health, metabolism, kidneys, muscles and bones, digestive system, or other body systems.
- People with severe depression, risk of self-harm, severe memory or thinking problems (such as dementia), significant vision or hearing impairment, or disabilities that would prevent them from completing the project and its assessments.
- People who are currently taking part in, or plan to join, any other physical training programmes or nutrition intervention plans during the period of this project.
- People whom the lead researcher determines, for other reasons, may face safety risks, could disrupt the running of the trial, or could affect the accuracy of the results.
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: Sheng-Lun Kao, MD. PhD., Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital
Phone: +886-3-8561825
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
Changes in Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) score; Changes in UCLA Loneliness Scale score; Changes in WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire score
Can't join this trial?
Data last synced from ClinicalTrials.gov: 17 July 2026. Trial status can change. Always verify current status directly with the trial site before making any decision.