NCT02315781

tDCS in Parkinson's Disease With Depression

Parkinson's Disease Depression and tDCS

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 3 (actual)
• Sponsor: Pacific Parkinson's Research Centre · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurological disease that has effects on both movement and mental health. One of the most common mental health complications of PD is depression. Up to 30% of Parkinson's patients will experience depression at some point. We aim to investigate whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a type of electrical stimulation for the brain, can improve depression in PD as well as improve motor function in PD.

Detailed description

The purpose of this double-blind, randomized control design study is to investigate the efficacy of 15-sessions of tDCS (versus 15-sessions of sham tDCS) to treat depression in PD. We will also assess dopamine function in a smaller cohort of participants before and after their 15 sessions of tDCS by using PET scanning.

Conditions

• Depression
• Parkinson's

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	active tDCS	transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), is a type of electrical stimulation for the brain
DEVICE	Sham tDCS	Sham tDCS will appear exactly the same as active tDCS, but no stimulation will be administered.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-12-06
• Completion: 2017-12-06
• First posted: 2014-12-12
• Last updated: 2018-05-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada