NCT05460676

Reducing Tobacco Smoking: a Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS) Telehealth Study

Reducing Distress and Tobacco Smoking in Cancer Survivors: a TDCS Telehealth Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 46 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study aims to evaluate the feasibility of using Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (DLPFC) Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) as a tool to decreasing distress and cigarette smoking. 46 participants currently smoking cigarettes, and seeking to decrease cigarette use will be recruited.

Conditions

• Smoking Cessation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)	tDCS is noninvasive brain stimulation device that modulates brain activity by delivering a low-intensity electrical current (2.0 mA) through sponge electrodes placed on the scalp.
OTHER	Mindfulness	Participants will follow an audio track for guided mindfulness during the stimulation.
OTHER	Sham - Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)	The tDCS device is programmed to mimic active tDCS.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-08-15
• Primary completion: 2026-04-01
• Completion: 2026-04-01
• First posted: 2022-07-15
• Last updated: 2026-03-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study