# Selenium Supplementation for Improving Depression in Children and Adolescents: Efficacy and Mechanistic Study

> **NCT07203144** · PHASE2 · NOT_YET_RECRUITING · sponsor: **First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University** · enrollment: 172 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Depression - Major Depressive Disorder

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** selenium yeast supplementation
- **DRUG:** Placebo yeast supplementation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07203144
- **Lead sponsor:** First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2025-12-31
- **Primary completion:** 2027-04-01
- **Final completion:** 2027-04-01
- **Target enrollment:** 172 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-29


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07203144

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07203144, "Selenium Supplementation for Improving Depression in Children and Adolescents: Efficacy and Mechanistic Study". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT07203144. Licensed CC0.

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