Role of Self-focused Attention in Depression

Depression Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Role of Self-focused Attention in Depression

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05464550
• Other study ID #: 2021-A01098-33
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 8, 2021
• Est. completion date: June 16, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: May 2023
• Source: Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Using a task measuring the tracking of eye movements, the aim of this study is to demonstrate that individuals suffering from depression focus their attention more on their reflection in the screen after recalling a failure (and this all the more so as their depressive symptomatology is strong) .

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: June 16, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: June 15, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients with depressive disorders according to the Diagnostic and statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) criteria
• Men or women, aged 18 to 60
• patients without mental impairment
• patients without neurological impairment (epilepsy, encephalopathy, head trauma)
• patients with a sufficient command of French
• free patients, without guardianship or curators or subordination
• patients benefiting from coverage by a social security scheme or benefiting from it through a third party in accordance with the French law on biomedical research
• obtaining oral non-objection by the patient after clear and honest information about the study
• Patient with normal or corrected vision without rigid contact lenses

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients with an intelligence quotient < 70
• patients aged < 18 years or > 60 years
• patients with mental impairment
• patients with neurological impairment (epilepsy, encephalopathy, head trauma)
• patients who do not speak French well enough
• patients hospitalized under duress
• patients without social security
• Patient wearing rigid contact lenses

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Depressive Disorder

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Eye tracker
Eye movements on a screen are captured with an eye tracker during a repeated measures before/after a directed autobiographical recall.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit	Poitiers

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Percentage of time	Average percentage of time spent on the area of a reflective black computer screen after and before remembering a failure. The area of interest encompasses the reflection of the patient's face, without his attention being explicitly drawn to this area.	through study completion, an average of 10 months.