Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:15 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:15 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00831935
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Be \> 18 years of age.
* Speak, understand and read conversational English.
* A clinical diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder in the past 2 weeks.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Not having access to a telephone at home or on the person (cell phone) or at work.
* Planning to leave Boston during the study period.
* Having a long history of smoking, which is defined as 1 pack per day for 10 years or more.
* Meeting the criteria for alcohol abuse.
* Having one of the following mental illnesses based on attached instruments: Social Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder (BD) or Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
* Having a life threatening and/or chronic health condition such as organic brain disease, e.g., Alzheimers' Disease and other dementias, cancer, HIV or other autoimmune diseases, diabetes, heart disease, renal failure, etc.
* Having a physical condition, such as one of the following, that could affect the acoustic characteristics of speech or a condition that can alter vocal production by affecting the mouth, larynx, trachea, lungs, thorax, nose, nasal passages and sinuses, ears and hearing:
* Neurological events or diseases such as stroke, ALS, brain injury, brain tumors, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and multiple sclerosis
* Chronic allergic conditions such as allergic rhinitis
* Upper or lower respiratory track infections such as sinusitis
* GERD (acid reflux)
* Anatomic abnormalities such as deviated nasal septum
* Speech impairment, as determined by the research staff
* Any other permanent, chronic or intermittent conditions that affect the quality of speech
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT00831935
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00831935