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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 25 April 2016
Main ID:  NCT02285803
Date of registration: 31/10/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University Hospital, Antwerp
Public title: The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Addition to Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) for Treatment of Chronic Tinnitus Patients
Scientific title: The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Addition to Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) for Treatment of Chronic Tinnitus Patients
Date of first enrolment: November 2014
Target sample size:
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02285803
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Belgium
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Duration of tinnitus > 6 months

- Maximum loudness of tinnitus on the VAS = 4

- TFI score = 25

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnancy

- Psychiatric disorders

- Pace maker or defibrillator

- Pulsatile tinnitus

- Acoustic Neurinoma

- CVA



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Tinnitus
Intervention(s)
Device: transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
Primary Outcome(s)
Tinnitus Functional Index (TFI) [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Hospital Anxiety and depression Scale [Time Frame: 3 months]
Visual Analogue Scale of Loudness [Time Frame: 3 months]
Psychoacoustic measurements [Time Frame: 3 months]
Patient Global Impression of Change [Time Frame: 3 months]
Hyperacusis Questionnaire [Time Frame: 3 months]
Late Latency Evoked Potentials [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary ID(s)
EC 14/40/406
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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