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Status unknownNCT04104698Updated Apr 28, 2020

Cognitive, Psychological and Electrophysiological Attributes to Suicide Among Depressed Patients

An observational study in Suicide, Major Depressive Disorder and Quantitative EEG (qEEG), sponsored by Mansoura University. Status unknown at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 16 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-04-28.

Sponsored by Mansoura University · Observational

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Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
50
Ages
16 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study will try to provide a better understanding of the psychological, cognitive and electrophysiological factors that contribute to suicide in depressed patients.

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Objectives:

  1. To investigate the ability of qEEG to suspect suicidal potential in patients diagnosed with major depression.
  2. To test the ability of some psychological and cognitive elements in determining the likelihood of suicide in such patients.
  3. To give an objective and more reliable method than traditional questionnaires to assess the seriousness of suicidal ideations in patients suffering from depression who usually don't reveal their actual intentions.
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Conditions studied

  • Suicide
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Quantitative EEG (qEEG)

Keywords

  • Suicide
  • Major Depression
  • quantitative EEG (qEEG)
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In context

Depressive Disorder

4,845 studies on the registry are indexed under Depressive Disorder; 514 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 50 is below the median of 150 across 653 observational studies indexed under Depressive Disorder.

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Lead sponsor

Mansoura University is the lead sponsor of 1,077 studies on the registry; 183 are open to participants now.

Of its 9 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
16 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

50 Egyptian patients will be recruited from Mansoura University Hospitals at the outpatient clinics and the inpatient department.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age between 16 and 65 years
  • Both males and females will be enrolled
  • Patients present with the clinical picture of Major depression according to DSM 5 criteria.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Psychotic features associating depressive episode
  • Bipolar depression
  • The condition is due to another medical condition
  • The condition is substance or medication-induced
  • Intellectual disability
  • Comorbid epilepsy
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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Study Group (MDD with SIs)

    25 Egyptian patients diagnosed with major depression (with suicidal ideations)

    Diagnostic Test: Quantitative EEG

  • Control group (MDD without SIs)

    25 Egyptian patients diagnosed with major depression (without suicidal ideations)

    Diagnostic Test: Quantitative EEG

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testQuantitative EEG

    1. Both groups will undergo evaluation of depression severity using Beck Depression Inventory Scale-II (Arabic Version) 2. Both groups will be assessed for psychological \& cognitive contributes respectively using: A. Connor and Davidson Scale for resilience (Arabic Version) B. The scale of Islamic Religiosity Attitude (SIRA) 3. Both groups will do Quantitative EEG (qEEG) to detect electrical, functional and brain mapping changes {Using Neurovirtual BW III, Florida, USA) 4. The quantitative analysis of EEG will focus on the following functions: Histogram, Topography, Spectrum Analysis, Spectral Differences, Propagation, Positional Diagram, Medium Amplitude, Ranges of Absolute Frequencies, Ranges of Relative Frequencies, CSA, Spectrum, and CSA Compressed.

    Also known as: Resilience scale (Carl & Davidson) Arabic version, BDI (Beck Inventory II) Arabic version, Suicide probability Scale (Arabic Version), Scale of Islamic Religiosity Attitude (SIRA)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Electrophysiological attibutes to suicide among depressed patients

    Quantitative Analysis of EEG tracing from depressed patients experiencing suicidal Ideations

    Time frame: 5 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided — I am planning to include a foreigner supervisor on my thesis.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 28, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04104698
Lead sponsor
Mansoura University
Responsible party
Shady Mashaly (Assistant lecturer of Psychiatry at Mansoura University, Mansoura University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 26, 2019
Start date
Oct 1, 2019
Primary completion
Jul 15, 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 1, 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 28, 2020

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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