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Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the Apathy of Alzheimer's Disease

NCT01481558 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2014-01-09

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Summary

This is a phase 2 double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled study to investigate the effects of repeated transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of apathy in moderate Alzheimer's Disease in patients selected from an outpatient clinics in São Paulo, Brazil.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Transcranial direct current stimulation

tDCS 2 mA, dorsolateral pre-frontal cortex

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Felipe Fregni, MD, PhD, MPH · Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

  • Ricardo Nitrini, MD, PhD · University of Sao Paulo

  • Claudia K Suemoto, MD, PhD · University of Sao Paulo

  • Ester Nakamura-Palacios, MD, PhD · Federal University of Espirito Santo

  • Daniel Apolinário, MD · University of Sao Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-05-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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