NCT01872143

Non-invasive Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Federico II University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is effective in the treatment of psychiatric disorders in which available treatments are either ineffective or not tolerated

Detailed description

Depending on the specific psychiatric disorder, inhibitory or stimulating neuromodulation will be applied over the cortical region of interest, found according to the relevant scientific publication on neurophysiology of psychiatric disorders

Conditions

• Mental Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	transcranial Direct Current Stimulation	daily or twice-a-day administration of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation from a minimum of 10 session to a maximum of 20

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-05-01
• Primary completion: 2014-05-01
• Completion: 2014-05-01
• First posted: 2013-06-07
• Last updated: 2013-06-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy