NCT06624150

tDCS and Cognitive Training for Restrictive Eating Disorders

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Minnesota · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study looks at adults with restrictive eating disorders who are currently receiving outpatient treatment for their eating disorder to examine whether a new brain stimulation technique called non-invasive transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can enhance brain training. Participation involves interviews, assessments, 10 sessions of brain stimulation (active or sham), and computerized brain training over a 3-4 week period, with one post-intervention visit, and one 1-month follow-up visit.

Conditions

• Anorexia Nervosa
• Atypical Anorexia Nervosa

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Active tDCS sessions, StarStim device	10 active sessions of transcranial direct current stimulation paired with cognitive training tasks. Device used is StarStim.
DEVICE	Sham (fake) tDCS sessions	10 fake sessions of transcranial direct current stimulation paired with cognitive training tasks. The device will be on the participants head, but the current will not be active.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-08-02
• Primary completion: 2026-06-02
• Completion: 2026-06-02
• First posted: 2024-10-02
• Last updated: 2025-08-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study