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Neuroimaging and neurophysiological analysis for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)-related brain structure and function

Neuroimaging and neurophysiological analysis for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)-related brain structure and function - Neuroimaging and neurophysiological analysis for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)-related brain structure and function

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000019475
Enrollment
120
Registered
2015-10-23
Start date
2015-10-24
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, healthy control

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Komagino Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: <Major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder> 1. Inpatients in our hospital with diagnosis of bipolar I/II disorder, major depressive disorder 2. clinical indications for ECT (indication and informed consent for ECT treatment already obtained before recruitment independently of the study.) <Schizophrenia> 1. Inpatients in our hospital with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder 2. clinical indications for ECT (indication and informed consent for ECT treatment already obtained before recruitment independently of the study.)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Another major psychiatric illness 2. Current drug or alcohol dependence 3. Neurological or degenerative disorders (e.g. epilepsy, Alzheimer) 4. Unstable or severe medical illness (e.g. myocardial infarction within 1 month) 5. Pregnancy 6. ECT treatment within the last 3 months 7. Patients who cannot participate in the MRI scanning because of contraindications to MRI (e.g. pacemaker) 8. patients with mandatory admission by mayor of municipality

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
changes in brain structure (gray matter and white matter) and functional connectivity detected by MRI

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Depressive symptom: Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D), Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) Manic symptom: Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) Psychomotor disturbance: The CORE Assessment Psychotic symptom: Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) Psychotic Depression Assessment Scale (PDAS) Catatonic symptom: Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale (BFCRS) Clinical Global Impression (CGI) Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Cognitive function: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) QOL: EuroQOL EEG

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactAkihiro Takamiya

Komagino Hospital Psychiatry

akihiro.takamiya@gmail.com042-663-2222

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026