Autopsy report · NCT00470028

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Treatment Trial for Depressed Adolescents

“Low recruitment.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 2 years 1 month after it had already started.
• Ran for about 4 years 7 months before it stopped.
• 30 participants planned (an estimate, not an actual count).
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Phase 1, Phase 2

Sponsor

The University of New South Wales

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Depression

Interventions

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Participants

30 (planned, not actual)

Sites

3

Countries

Australia

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  “Low recruitment rate.” (91% match in meaning)
• Fluorine F 18 FEQA in Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and in Healthy Participants
  “poor recruitment” (87% match in meaning)

Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.