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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) As A Tool For Prospective Responder Identification Before Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Implantation

NCT00625222 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2010-01-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of the study is to establish tDCS as a prognostic tool to predict VNS therapy outcome among patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsy.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

transcranial direct current stimulation

1mA, 15 Minutes, constant direct current

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cyberonics, Inc.

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University Hospital, Bonn

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School

    collaborator OTHER

  • Epilepsycenter Bielefeld

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Luebeck

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jürgen Sperner, Prof., M.D. · Pediatrics Department, University of Luebeck, Germany

  • Iren Orosz, M.D. · Pediatrics Department, University of Luebeck, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-09-30
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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Diseases

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