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Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in the Treatment of Tobacco Addiction

NCT01288183 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2018-01-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine whether a powerful technique of noninvasive brain stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), could reduce cigarette smoking and constitute a treatment of tobacco addiction.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

sham tDCS

sham condition as delivered by the stimulator "study mode" (2mA during 40s and brief current pulses until the end of the stimulation) 20 minutes, 10 sessions, 2 per day

PROCEDURE

active tDCS

anodal tDCS applied over the right DLPFC 2mA, 20minutes, 10 sessions, 2 per day

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hôpital le Vinatier

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • JEROME BRUNELIN, PhD · Hopital le Vinatier

  • Emmanuel POULET, MD, PhD · Hopital le Vinatier

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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Diseases

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