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Online HD-tDCS Over the Left DLPFC During a Working Memory Task for Treating Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

NCT05582980 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-05-13

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Summary

In this randomized double-blind trial, the investigators aim to investigate whether online high definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) during a working memory task improves the severity of negative symptoms in schizophrenia patients with predominant negative symptoms.

Conditions

  • Schizophrenia
  • Schizoaffective Disorder, Mixed Type
  • Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

Interventions

DEVICE

HD-tDCS

See detail in arm/group descriptions regarding the intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tri-Service General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hsin-An Chang, M.D. · Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-06-15
Primary Completion
2023-03-31
Completion
2023-03-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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Diseases

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