Recruiting

DBS

Sponsor:

Abbott Medical Devices

Code:

NCT06423430

Conditions

Treatment Resistant Depression

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 22 - 70

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Sham-stimulation

Active-stimulation

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of bilateral stimulation of the subcallosal cingulate white matter (SCCwm) using Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) as an adjunctive treatment of non-psychotic unipolar Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in adults.

Conditions

Treatment Resistant Depression

Study ID

NCT06423430

Start date

Sep 11, 2024

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Apr, 2029

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 22 - 70

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. The patient must be diagnosed with non-psychotic unipolar Major Depressive Disorder.
2. The patient must be in a major depressive episode for ≥12 months or have had at least 3 lifetime depressive episodes.
3. The patient has tried and failed a minimum of four different types of antidepressant treatments as measured by a tool designed for this purpose.
4. Depression medication and treatment regimen must be stable for a minimum of 4 weeks before the first baseline visit

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pregnant or those who plan to become pregnant during study
2. Presence of other anatomic or comorbid conditions, or other medical, social, or psychological conditions that could limit participation in the study or interfere with adherence to the study protocol.
3. Current or lifetime history of psychotic features in any Major Depressive Episode.
4. Has an intracranial Central Nervous System disease that impairs motor, sensory or cognitive function or that requires intermittent or chronic medication.
5. Significant acute suicide risk.
6. Diagnosis of Substance Use Disorder or Alcohol Use Disorder without sustained remission (12 months or longer).
7. Current and ongoing use of neurostimulation treatment that may interfere with DBS therapy/system.
8. Treatment with another investigational device or investigational drugs.

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

sham comparator: Sham-stimulation group

Group will be implanted with DBS system but device is not activated for the first 12 months. After 12 months, this group can receive stimulation.

active comparator: Active-stimulation group

Group will have DBS system activated 2 weeks post-implant.

Interventions

Sham-stimulation

Sham-stimulation

Active-stimulation

Active DBS

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in MADRS total score [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
  • CGI-I response rate [ Time Frame: 12 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

University of Alabama at Birmingham - Dept. of Psychiatry

Recruiting

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Matthew Macaluso

UCLA Department of Psychiatry

Recruiting

Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Andrew Leuchter, MD

University of California at Davis

Recruiting

Sacramento, California, United States, 95817

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

David Brandman, MD

USF Health

Recruiting

Tampa, Florida, United States, 33613

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Ryan Wagoner, MD

Emory University Hospital

Recruiting

Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Patricio Riva Posse, MD

Rush University Medical Center

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

John Zajecka, MD

Indiana University

Recruiting

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Susan Conroy, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Recruiting

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Cristina Cusin, MD

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Recruiting

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Joshua Aronson, MD

Mayo Clinic

Recruiting

Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Kendall Lee, MD

Washington University School of Medicine

Recruiting

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Charles Conway, MD

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Recruiting

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08901

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Robert Gross, MD

Mount Sinai Hospital

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10019

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Martijn Figee, MD

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Recruiting

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195

Contacts

Katelyn Schwesinger

216-425-7426schwesk@ccf.org

Principal Investigator:

Brian Barnett, MD

The Ohio State University

Recruiting

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Kevin Reeves, MD

Pennsylvania Hospital

Recruiting

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Katherine W Scangos, MD

Medical University of South Carolina

Recruiting

Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Mark George, MD

University of Texas Austin Dell Medical School

Recruiting

Austin, Texas, United States, 78701

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Robert Seilheimer

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Recruiting

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Kala Bailey, MD

CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Med. Ctr

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Contacts

Autumn Hildebrand

Autumn.hildebrand@bcm.edu

Principal Investigator:

Wayne Goodman, MD

The Methodist Hospital

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Amir Faraji, MD

University of Utah Hospital

Recruiting

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84132

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Brian Mickey, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin

Recruiting

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Kunal Gupta, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Abbott Medical Devices

Last update posted

Aug 28, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • DBS
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Bilateral Stimulation
  • Antidepressant Treatment
  • neurostimulation
  • ABT-CIP-10494

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Abbott Medical Devices on 2026-08-28.