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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness

NCT03809936 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 33

Last updated 2022-05-27

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Summary

To date, several studies have focused on the use of transcranial direct current stimulation(tDCS) in patients with impaired consciousness.However,its therapeutic effects have been variously documented.So,in this study ,investigators explore the effects of tDCS.

Conditions

  • Disorder of Consciousness

Interventions

DEVICE

real tDCS

Direct current was applied by a battery-driven constant current stimulator using saline-soaked surface sponge electrodes (7 3 5 cm) with the anode positioned over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (F3 according to the 10-20 international system for EEG placement) and the cathode placed over the right supraorbital region. During real tDCS, the current was increased to 2 mA from the onset of stimulation and applied for 20 minutes.

DEVICE

sham tDCS

For the sham condition(sham tDCS), the same electrode placement was used as in the stimulation condition, but the current was applied for only 5 seconds, and was then ramped down.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Benyan Luo · The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-04-02
Primary Completion
2020-01-02
Completion
2020-12-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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