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Effects of t-DCS and Cognitive Training on Apathy in Elderly With Minor Neurocognitive Impairment

NCT05232877 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 27

Last updated 2025-11-26

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Summary

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique using a low intensity electric current to modify cortical excitability. Apathy is a pervasive neuropsychiatric symptom characterized by a reduction in goal-directed behavior and activity that persists over time and causes identifiable functional impairment. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of repeated sessions of tDCS combined with simultaneous cognitive training on apathy in older people with minor neurocognitive disorders.

Conditions

  • Apathy
  • Neurocognitive Disorders

Interventions

OTHER

SHAM tDCS

The control group will follow cognitive training with a combined sham tDCS. Intervention will last for 4-week with 3 sessions per week (12 sessions).

OTHER

tDCS

The intervention group will follow sessions of tDCS combined with a simultaneous cognitive training on tablet

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eric ETTORE, MD · Nice University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-04-05
Primary Completion
2025-04-04
Completion
2026-06-10

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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