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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Therapy for Sleepiness Related to Shift Work Disorder (tDCS-SWORD)

NCT03879044 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2021-10-25

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Summary

1. To determine the effects of tDCS on subjective measures of sleepiness in night-shift workers with shift work disorder.
2. To determine the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on vigilance in night-shift workers with shift work disorder.

Conditions

  • Shift-Work Sleep Disorder

Interventions

DEVICE

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

tDCS is a form of noninvasive, painless, brain stimulation that uses a mild direct electrical current passed between electrodes on the scalp to modify neuronal membrane resting potential in a polarity dependent manner, elevating or lowering neuron excitability in a region.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ohio State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ulysses Magalang, MD · Ohio State University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-20
Primary Completion
2020-06-20
Completion
2020-06-20
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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