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A Pilot Study Investigating Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) to Enhance Mindfulness Meditation

NCT02790619 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2018-08-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a new technology applied while listening to a mindfulness meditation tape can affect one's ability to achieve a state of "mindfulness." The new technology is called transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

DEVICE

tDCS via Chattanooga Ionto Iontophoresis System-Phoresor

Small electrical current delivered non-invasively to the scalp. 1mA electrical current to Meditation and Active Stimulation 1 condition. 2mA to Meditation and Active 2 Stimulation condition.

DEVICE

Sham tDCS Chattanooga Ionto Iontophoresis System-Phoresor

Blinds participants to meditation condition by applying 30 seconds of real stimulation and then turning the device off.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-04-30
Primary Completion
2015-08-31
Completion
2017-03-21

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