NCT04184830

Improving Cognition in Schizophrenia Using Non-invasive Brain Stimulation

A Pilot Study of Improving Cognition in Schizophrenia Using Direct Current Stimulation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 49 (actual)
• Sponsor: King's College London · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a double-blind sham-controlled study to evaluate the effects of the combination of non-invasive brain stimulation, i.e. transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), with brief cognitive training (CT) on cognition in patients with schizophrenia. All participants will practice the same cognitive training tasks and will be randomised to either real tDCS or sham stimulation. Patients with schizophrenia will undergo the study interventions while maintaining their standard treatment with antipsychotic medications.

Conditions

• Schizophrenia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	non-invasive brain stimulation

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-09-01
• Primary completion: 2014-10-01
• Completion: 2015-03-01
• First posted: 2019-12-04
• Last updated: 2019-12-04