Autopsy report · NCT02351388

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Depression in Alzheimer's Disease Patient - Preliminary Research

“failure to recruit enough number of participants”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 1 month after it had already started.
• Ran for about 3 years 3 months before it stopped.
• 4 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Alzheimer Disease; Depression

Interventions

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation; Sham Stimulation

Participants

4

Sites

1

Countries

Japan

Trials that died the same way

• PD-HF: A Trial of Peritoneal Dialysis in Patients With Severe Heart Failure and Chronic Kidney Disease
  “Inability to recruit adequate number of participants” (94% match in meaning)
• Predictive Markers of Glitazone Efficacy in Diabetic Patients - Pilot Study
  “Unable to recruit enough participants” (92% match in meaning)
• PREGBRAIN - Magnetic Stimulation of the Brain in Depressed Pregnant Women
  “Difficult to recruit participants” (84% match in meaning)
• Psychosocial Development of Maltreated Children: A Prospective Study
  “recruiting not successful, too few participants” (84% match in meaning)
• AuraGain and iGel Crossover Comparison
  “Unsuccessful attempts to recruit participants” (84% 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.