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Effects of Repeated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) on the Treatment of Cocaine Addicted Patients

NCT01259362 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2010-12-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Cocaine addiction is a serious disease. Nowadays we still have no efficient method reducing craving and extending the abstinence period of this patients during treatment.

The aim of this study is to evaluate reduction if craving and other parameters related to addiction within this group of patients through a treatment with transcranial magnetic stimulation.

Conditions

  • Cocaine Addiction
  • Treatment
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimilation

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

5 Hz, 120 % motor threshold, intertrain interval 20s, number of pulses in train 50.

PROCEDURE

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Cocaine addicted will receive 20 sham TMSr

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Philip L Ribeiro, MD · Post Graduate Student Department of Brain Stimulation - IPQ - HC FMUSP

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-03-31
Primary Completion
2012-03-31
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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