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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and Hallucinations in Schizophrenia

NCT00870909 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 46

Last updated 2017-03-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether trans Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is effective in the treatment of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

active tDCS

Intensity 2 mA during 20 minutes, 2 times per day

PROCEDURE

sham tDCS

sham condition as delivered by the stimulator

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hôpital le Vinatier

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • emmanuel poulet, MD, PhD · Hopital Le Vinatier

  • JEROME BRUNELIN, PhD · Hopital le Vinatier

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-02-02
Primary Completion
2016-04-21
Completion
2016-07-20

Countries

  • France
  • Tunisia

Study Locations

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Diseases

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