Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT02351388
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Depression in Alzheimer's Disease Patient - Preliminary Research
Ameliorating Depression in Alzheimer's Disease Patients by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (ADAPT) - Preliminary Research
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 4 (actual)
- Sponsor
- National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 65 Years – 90 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This project will investigate the safety and efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in the treatment of depression among patients with Alzheimer's disease. The investigators aim to ameliorate depressive symptoms among patient with Alzheimer's disease, by anodal stimulation on left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and cathodal suppression on right supraorbital area. Active stimulation will be compare to sham condition in 20 patients (10 in each groups).
Detailed description
This project will investigate the safety and efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in the treatment of depression among patients with Alzheimer's disease. tDCS causes an excitatory effect on the anode side and suppressing effect on the cathode side through sculp with very week currents (2 mA in this project). The investigators aim to ameliorate depressive symptoms among patient with Alzheimer's disease, by anodal stimulation on left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and cathodal suppression on right supraorbital area. Active stimulation will be compare to sham condition in 20 patients (10 in each groups) from outpatient clinic in National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation | |
| OTHER | Sham Stimulation |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2014-12-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-12-31
- Completion
- 2018-03-15
- First posted
- 2015-01-30
- Last updated
- 2020-02-26
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Japan
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02351388. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.