Autopsy report · NCT02942368

Adaptive tDCS for Treatment-Resistant MDD

“We did not have staff to run this project any longer”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 6 months before it started.
• Ran for about 8 years 9 months before it stopped.
• 5 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Phase 1

Sponsor

Washington University School of Medicine

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant

Interventions

tDCS

Participants

5

Sites

1

Countries

United States

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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.