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UnknownNCT04226794

Effect of Nutritional Counseling Associated With Transcranial Direct-current Stimulation in Binge Eating Reduction

Effect of Nutritional Counseling Associated With Transcranial Direct-current Stimulation in Binge Eating Reduction: A Single-blinded, Randomized Clinical Trial in Parallel With Simulated Use

Status
Unknown
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40 (estimated)
Sponsor
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre · Academic / Other
Sex
Female
Age
18 Years – 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Binge eating disorder is the most prevalent eating disorder, with consequences not only economic but also social. It is related to a set of cognitive alterations related to impulsivity, cognitive function, attention, decision making, emotional control and physiological alterations in the Central nervous system (CNS) in the processing of rewards, mainly in the frontal cortical regions. Psychotherapies are the standard reference treatments, with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) being the most indicated nonpharmacological intervention. However, the avoidance rates and the rates of non responders to treatment are significant. In view of this, it is believed that therapeutic approaches aimed at the modulation of the CNS, such as Transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) may have a beneficial effect on the neurobiology of the processes that govern these disorders, thus adding to the effects of CBT and amplifying the therapeutic response.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICEa-tDCSAnodal Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) stimulation. Anode will be allocated at DLPFC right and cathode at DLPFC left. The stimulation will occur for 20 min in the intensity of 2 milliampere (mA).
BEHAVIORALNutritional CounselingPresentation delivered through video clip during 20 minutes based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy interventions
COMBINATION_PRODUCTa-tDCS and nutritional counselinga-tDCS + Nutritional Counseling
COMBINATION_PRODUCTs-tDCS and nutritional counselings-tDCS + Nutritional Counseling

Timeline

Start date
2019-06-10
Primary completion
2021-12-21
Completion
2023-12-31
First posted
2020-01-13
Last updated
2022-12-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04226794. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.