Actively Recruiting

Phase 4
Age: 18Years +
All Genders
NCT05768126

Prediction of ECT Treatment Response and Reduction of Cognitive Side-effects Using EEG and Rivastigmine

Led by UMC Utrecht · Updated on 2024-05-10

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Participants Needed

1

Research Sites

222 weeks

Total Duration

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Sponsors

U

UMC Utrecht

Lead Sponsor

Z

ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the beneficial effects of rivastigmine administration, and predict the treatment outcome with electroencephalography (EEG), in patients with severe depression treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The study has two main objectives: * to study whether rivastigmine would ameliorate the side-effect profile of ECT * to develop an outcome prediction model based on resting state EEG for both the response to treatment as well as its side effect Participants will be assessed by: * Cognitive tests * Questionnaires of clinical symptoms * Questionnaires of depressive symptoms * Bloodsample * Resting state and task-based EEG Researchers will compare patients with a depressive disorder treated with ECT receiving rivastigmine to placebo patches to see if rivastigmine reduces cognitive side effects.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Prediction of ECT Treatment Response and Reduction of Cognitive Side-effects Using EEG and Rivastigmine

Who Can Participate

Age: 18Years +
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Age over 18 years
  • Clinical indication for ECT as determined by the treating psychiatrist
  • Diagnosis of unipolar or bipolar depression
  • Fluent in Dutch
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Receiving or having received ECT within 6 months before study start
  • Current use of rivastigmine, galantamine, or donepezil
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • Suspicion or diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders
  • Contraindications for ECT such as recent heart attack, stroke, brain surgery, pheochromocytoma, or unstable angina
  • Contraindications for rivastigmine including bradycardia or certain heart conduction disorders (excluding first degree AV-block)
  • Known allergy to rivastigmine
  • Cognitive disorder not explained by depression

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 1 location

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UMC Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

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Research Team

J

Jasper O. Nuninga, PhD

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

PARALLEL

Primary Purpose

PREVENTION

Number of Arms

2

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