NCT03879044

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Therapy for Sleepiness Related to Shift Work Disorder (tDCS-SWORD)

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ohio State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

1. To determine the effects of tDCS on subjective measures of sleepiness in night-shift workers with shift work disorder. 2. To determine the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on vigilance in night-shift workers with shift work disorder.

Detailed description

This is a preliminary single-arm study. The study will last up to 6 weeks including the screening period. Subjects will receive active tDCS for 30 minutes before their scheduled work hours at least 3x/week for two consecutive weeks. Outcome measures will include: psychomotor vigilance test (PVT) and the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS)25,26 which will be obtained during the shift work.

Conditions

• Shift-Work Sleep Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation	tDCS is a form of noninvasive, painless, brain stimulation that uses a mild direct electrical current passed between electrodes on the scalp to modify neuronal membrane resting potential in a polarity dependent manner, elevating or lowering neuron excitability in a region.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-20
• Primary completion: 2020-06-20
• Completion: 2020-06-20
• First posted: 2019-03-18
• Last updated: 2021-10-25
• Results posted: 2021-10-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study