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tDCS and Emotional Eating

NCT06488287 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2024-07-05

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Summary

This research investigates the feasibility of undertaking a large, randomised control trial of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a treatment modality for managing food cravings and emotional eating. This study explores how tDCS, a non-invasive brain stimulation technique, can influence brain activity and potentially impact appetite regulation, self-control, reward processing, and other factors related to weight management.

All participants will receive 6 sessions of stimulation within three weeks. the investigators aim to implement a two-day interval between intervention sessions, providing participants with a two-day rest period between sessions. This scheduling approach is intended to mitigate potential side effects and promote participants' recovery.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Transcranial direct current stimulation (brain stimulation)

The intervention will be applied using two sponge electrodes soaked in a saline solution. The stimulation montage will comprise left DLPFC anodal or sham stimulation. The reference (cathodal) electrode will be placed over the right supraorbital ridge, and the anodal electrode will be placed over the region corresponding to the left DLPFC (F3 of the EEG10-20 international system). The 2mA continuous current will be applied during the active stimulation condition via gradual ramps that start and stop after 30 seconds of stimulation (current ramps). For sham stimulation, the electrodes will remain in place for the whole session, but the current will only be applied for the first 36 seconds of the stimulation. Each tDCS session will last for 20 minutes.

DEVICE

sham Transcranial direct current stimulation (brain stimulation)

The intervention will be applied using two sponge electrodes soaked in a saline solution. The stimulation montage will comprise left DLPFC anodal or sham stimulation. The reference (cathodal) electrode will be placed over the right supraorbital ridge, and the anodal electrode will be placed over the region corresponding to the left DLPFC (F3 of the EEG10-20 international system). For sham stimulation, the electrodes will remain in place for the whole session, but the current will only be applied for the first 36 seconds of the stimulation. Each tDCS session will last for 20 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Nottingham

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-02-01
Primary Completion
2024-12-31
Completion
2025-09-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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