# Deep Brain Stimulation in Treatment Refractory Depression

> **NCT01921543** · PHASE1,PHASE2 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven** · enrollment: 7 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Major Depressive Disorder

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** ITP Stimulation
- **DEVICE:** CI/BNST stimulation
- **DEVICE:** No stimulation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01921543
- **Lead sponsor:** Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE1,PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2005-01
- **Primary completion:** 2013-10
- **Final completion:** 2013-10
- **Target enrollment:** 7 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Patient inclusion was very tedious and slower than expected. (7 patients in 5 years)
- **Last updated:** 2015-07-16

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01921543

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01921543, "Deep Brain Stimulation in Treatment Refractory Depression". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01921543. Licensed CC0.

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