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Register: German Clinical Trials Register
Last refreshed on: 8 April 2024
Main ID:  DRKS00011665
Date of registration: 30/01/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Klinikum der Universität München
Public title: Parameter-based evaluation of attentional impairments in schizophrenia and their modulation by prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation: a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study
Scientific title: Parameter-based evaluation of attentional impairments in schizophrenia and their modulation by prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation: a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study
Date of first enrolment: 01/05/2015
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Complete
URL:  http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00011665
Study type:  interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized controlled study; Masking: Blinded (masking used); Control: placebo; Assignment: parallel; Study design purpose: basic science  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name: Alkomiet    Hasan
Address:  Nußbaumstr. 7 80336 München Germany
Telephone: 0894400 55536
Email: Alkomiet.Hasan@med.uni-muenchen.de
Affiliation:  Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie Klinikum der Universität München
Name: Nadine    Gögler
Address:  Leopoldstr. 13 80802 München Germany
Telephone: 089218072537
Email: nadine.goegler@psy.lmu.de
Affiliation:  Institut für Psychologie Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age: 20-50 years; IQ > 85; Diagnosis: ICD-10 F20.0; F25.0; normal or corrected to normal vision (no red-green color blindness)

Exclusion criteria: Epileptic seizures, pregnancy, metallic foreign body implants; pace maker; pregnancy; acute suicidal intent;


Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Schizophrenia

F20
F25
Schizoaffective disorders
Intervention(s)
Group 1: active tDCS 2mA 20 minutes; Anode: F3; Cathode: FP2; single-session tDCS
Group 2: sham tDCS 20 minutes; Anode: F3; Cathode: FP2; single-session tDCS
Primary Outcome(s)
Directly after and 24h after stimulation; completion of rating instrument: parametric attentional assessment based on Bundesen’s Theory of Visual Attention (TVA; Bundesen, 1990). (The assessed attentional parameters are: processing speed, visual short-term memory capacity, top-down control)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Directly after stimulation: completion of Comfort Rating Scale (CRQ) to prove that the application had been running smoothly.
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
German Center for Brain Stimulation (GCBS) research consortium
European Union FP7 Marie Curie ITN Grant (INDIREA)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 19/03/2015
Contact:
ethikkommission@med.uni-muenchen.de
Ethikkommission der Med. Fakultät der LMU
+49-89-440055191
ethikkommission@med.uni-muenchen.de
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed: 31/10/2016
URL: http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00011665#studyResults
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