Clinical trialNCT05573074RecruitingInterventional

Transcranial Near Infrared Radiation and Cerebral Blood Flow in Depression - R33

SponsorNYU Langone HealthEnrollment120Major Depressive Disorder

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Summary

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The purpose of this research study is to determine if application of near infrared energy to the forehead can change blood flow in the brains of people with depression. Near infrared energy is like light but is not visible to the human eye.

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Investigators

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Dan Iosifescu, MD
NYU Langone Health
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Sites

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

United States

Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Paolo Cassano, MD,PhD
Recruiting
Nyu Langone Health
New York, New York, United States
Dan Iosifescu, MD, MScThaddeus Tarpey, PhD
Recruiting
Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Orangeburg, New York, United States
Katerine A Collins, MSW, PhDMatthew Hoptman, PhDUmit Tural, MD
Recruiting

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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: 1 Apr 2023
Primary completion: 30 Apr 2026
Completion: 30 Jun 2026
Last update posted: 5 Feb 2026
Registered enrollment: 120
Registry id: NCT05573074

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