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Clinical trialNCT03926520CompletedInterventional

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) for Agitation in Dementia (AD)

SponsorBrent ForesterEnrollment41Agitation,PsychomotorAlzheimer Dementia
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Summary

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This study will explore the effect of ECT treatments plus usual care (ECT+UC) in reducing severe agitation in patients with moderate to severe dementia including Alzheimer's Disease, Vascular dementia, Frontotemporal dementia, and Dementia with Lewy Bodies. The study will also determine the tolerability/safety outcomes of ECT+UC.
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Investigators

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Sites

5 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Emory Healthcare

    Atlanta, Georgia, United States

  • Mclean Hospital

    Belmont, Massachusetts, United States

  • Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

  • Mayo Clinic

    Rochester, Minnesota, United States

  • Northwell Health

    Glen Oaks, New York, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
28 Jan 2021
Primary completion
31 May 2026
Completion
31 May 2026
Last update posted
30 Jul 2026
Registered enrollment
41
Registry id
NCT03926520
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.