NCT02329587

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Augmented Exposure and Response Prevention for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

tDCS for Inhibitory Control Deficits: A Test in OCD

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 13 (actual)
• Sponsor: Butler Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is investigating whether combining noninvasive brain stimulation with behavior therapy can help to improve outcomes for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Exposure and response prevention (ERP) -- a specific type of behavior therapy -- is a first line treatment for OCD. This study will test whether a form of noninvasive brain stimulation called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), can help ERP work better.

Conditions

• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	ERP plus tDCS	Participants in the ERP plus tDCS arm will receive an 11-session program, including 10 sessions which include both tDCS and ERP. During these sessions, 20 minutes of anodal tDCS will be delivered over right inferior frontal gyrus prior to the ERP exercise.
OTHER	ERP plus sham tDCS	Participants in the ERP plus sham tDCS arm will receive an 11-session program, including 10 sessions which include both sham tDCS and ERP. During these sessions, 20 minutes of sham tDCS will be delivered over right inferior frontal gyrus prior to the ERP exercise.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-02-01
• First posted: 2014-12-31
• Last updated: 2018-05-15
• Results posted: 2018-05-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States