Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01378078
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for Treatment of Negative Syndrome in Patients With Schizophrenia
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 20 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) showed beneficial effects on cognition in healthy subjects and depressed patients. In this study, patients with treatment resistant negative syndrome in schizophrenia will be treated with direct current stimulation. fMRI measures will be performed.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | eldith DC-stimulator (neuroconn, Ilmenau, Germany) | daily tDCS treatment over left DLPFC, 20 min, 2 mA |
| DEVICE | eldith DC-stimulator (Neuroconn, Ilmenau, Germany) | same as sham stimulation |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2011-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-06-01
- Completion
- 2013-06-01
- First posted
- 2011-06-22
- Last updated
- 2013-07-22
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01378078. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.