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Relationship Between Attention and Emotional Regulation Post-Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

NCT01681589 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2020-08-21

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Summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to investigate the relationship between attention and emotional function post-Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in an effort to better understand the cognitive mechanisms of emotional processing in patients with TBI, and explore novel treatment strategies to improve emotional regulation using with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to modulate activity in the dysfunctional prefrontal-limbic circuits.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulator (TDCS)

Group will receive active TDCS

DEVICE

Control Group

This group will receive Sham TDCS

OTHER

Healthy Control Group

Healthy Controls will be involved in the Study. Healthy Controls will receive no Intervention. There will be 1 screening visit and 1 testing visits.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Prin Amorapanth, MD · NYU Langone Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-08-31
Primary Completion
2019-06-30
Completion
2019-06-30
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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