Paid Clinical Research Trial: Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment Resistant Depression

To join the RECOVER study you must be 18 years or older and:
• Currently depressed
• Have depression, or bipolar depression, that has lasted for at least two years or recurred several times
• Have tried at least four antidepressant treatments and not found them helpful.
 

Even though VNS Therapy is FDA-approved, and has been shown to help people with treatment- resistant depression, Medicare and other insurers do not routinely cover it. To change this, many of the nation’s top depression experts worked together to help design the RECOVER study. If the results are like past studies, this may provide the proof Medicare and insurance companies need to start to cover it.