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Treating Depression With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)

NCT00481988 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2013-05-20

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if transcranial direct current stimulation may improve the symptoms of depression.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

transcranial direct current stimulation

Two damp sponges, one placed on the left side of the forehead, the other on the left arm. 0.1mA of current is passed for 20 minutes.

DEVICE

transcranial direct current stimulation

transcranial direct current stimulation delivers one milliamp of direct current, supplied by a constant current generator, the the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex through a scalp electrode. The treatment is given for 20 minutes a day.

DEVICE

transcranial direct current stimulation

one milliamp of direct current applied to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex through a scalp electrode

DEVICE

iomed phoresor transcranial direct current stimulation

for the sham group the current is turned off after 10 seconds

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression

    collaborator OTHER

  • New York State Psychiatric Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Peter M Bulow, MD · New York State Psychiatric Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-03-31
Primary Completion
2009-06-30
Completion
2011-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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