NCT03347643

The Effectiveness of tDCS on Internet Game Addiction

Randomized Double-blind Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Internet Game Addiction

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 31 (actual)
• Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this study, the investigators aimed to investigate the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on clinical status of Internet game addiction. The clinical status of Internet game addiction includes severity of addiction symptom, subjective craving for gaming, response inhibition and cue reactivity. The investigators hypothesized that real stimulation with tDCS on the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex will have higher effectiveness on severity of addiction symptom, subjective craving for gaming, response inhibition and cue reactivity rather than sham stimulation with tDCS.

Conditions

• Addiction
• Internet Gaming Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	tDCS with real stimulation	tDCS is a non-invasive brain stimulation. Real stimulation includes 2mA current for 20 minutes per session. Two sessions a day for 5 consecutive days (Total: 10 sessions) will be applied.
DEVICE	tDCS with sham stimulation	Sham stimulation includes 0mA current for 20 minutes per session. Two sessions a day for 5 consecutive days (Total: 10 sessions) will be applied.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-09-22
• Primary completion: 2019-09-01
• Completion: 2019-10-08
• First posted: 2017-11-20
• Last updated: 2020-03-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea