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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Depression
Sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Summary
Several studies have shown that tDCS is valuable and safe options to improve depressive symptoms in adult patients . However, regarding the tDCS to treat depression in elderly population, only few studies have been reported, and there is no consensus among them. To our knowledge, prefrontal cortex tDCS could be reasonably safe and efficient options for the treatment of several psychiatric illnesses in a population presenting resistance to and/or intolerance of pharmacotherapy . Moreover, the safety tolerability profile of tDCS is a strong argument in favour of exploring their use in the depressed population. Therefore, current study will investigate the efficacy and safety of prefrontal tDCS used as additive treatment in patients with LLD.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
60 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
30
Start Date
2020-09-08
Completion Date
2026-12-31
Last Updated
2024-01-02
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Active Transcranial direct current stimulation
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a method for noninvasive brain stimulation, where a weak electrical current is delivered through two scalp electrodes by a portable battery-powered stimulator.
Sham Transcranial direct current stimulation
For sham tDCS, the electrode positions and stimulation parameters will be the same as that used for anodal stimulation except that the current will be delivered only for the initial 30 seconds.
Locations (1)
TaipeiVGH
Taipei, Taiwan