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Transcranial Current Stimulation as a Treatment for Auditory Hallucinations in Schizophrenia

NCT01963676 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2016-02-22

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Summary

Investigating the effect of non-invasive transcranial current stimulation on auditory hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia. Normal neuronal activity is perturbed in schizophrenia, so selective targeting of this abnormal activity could serve as a treatment for schizophrenia and alleviate symptoms caused by abnormal neuronal activity, such as auditory hallucinations.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

tDCS

DEVICE

Sham stimulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Flavio Frohlich, PhD · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Psychiatry

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-10-31
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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