Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04759092
A Four Month Home Based tDCS Study on Patients With Alzheimer's Disease.
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 8 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of North Norway · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 60 Years – 85 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The study is an open label study on patients with Alzheimer's dementia using home based transcranial direct current (tDCS) stimulation. Aims of the study is to investigate applicability and effect of treatment.
Detailed description
Active tDCS of 2mA is applied via surface based electrodes daily for 30 minutes over a 4 month period. Anodal electrode is placed over the left temporal lobe. Participants is followed up by home visit and phone calls. Cognitive tests are performed prior to the treatment period, right after finishing 4 months of treatment and 4 months after treatment is terminated.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) | Apply 30min low dose (2mA) transcranial current stimulation on the scalp every day for four months. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2021-05-01
- Completion
- 2021-05-01
- First posted
- 2021-02-18
- Last updated
- 2021-10-11
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Norway
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04759092. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.