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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Chronic Pain Relief

NCT01220323 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2010-10-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In the present study, the investigators intend to investigate whether anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) may be effective in reducing pain in chronic pain patients.

Conditions

  • Chrronic Pain Patients

Interventions

DEVICE

direct current stimulation

Patients will receive sham tDCS or real tDCS in a 5-day period of treatment in a randomized, sham controlled study. The participants will be divided to 2 groups of 50 each. One group will receive 5 days period of 20 min 2mA tDCS over the lt M1 and the other will receive sham stimulation. X week later the groups will switch to the other arm

DEVICE

direct current stimulation

Patients will receive sham tDCS or real tDCS in a 5-day period of treatment in a randomized, sham controlled study. The participants will be divided to 2 groups of 50 each. One group will receive 5 days period of 20 min 2mA tDCS over the lt M1 and the other will receive sham stimulation. X week later the groups will switch to the other arm

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-11-30
Primary Completion
2011-11-30

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