French Observatory of ElectroConvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Observatoire National d'ElectroConvulsivoThérapie (ECT)

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04477434

Enrollment

2000

Registered

2020-07-20

Start date

2018-04-24

Completion date

2027-12-31

Last updated

2024-08-20

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Conditions

Mental Disorders

Brief summary

Since the 30s, ECT has been a psychiatric treatment mainly used for drug-resistant depressive illnesses. Clinical studies have shown its therapeutic efficiency compared to standard treatments also in other psychiatric illnesses. Although efficient, ECTs also induce side effects. In France, there is currently no consensus on providing the suitest medical care. It is therefore important to review our nowadays health care models in order to maintain and improve the recommendations of the French National Agency for Accreditation and Evaluation in Health, the last of which date from 1997! Within this context, this project has the dual objective of (1) identifying ECT medical procedure in France and (2) developing research to evaluate and to improve the effectiveness of this treatment.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients consecutively referred for ECT.

Exclusion criteria

* Not specified

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
ECT efficiency on patients	2018-2022

Countries

France

Outcome results