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NCT04290533

HD-tDCS Over the dACC in High Trait Impulsivity

Completed NA Last updated 17 May 2021
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Active High Definition transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (HD-tDCS) in Impulsive Behavior in 23 participants. Completed in 15 January 2020.

Timeline
4 March 2019
Primary endpoint
15 December 2019
15 January 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsorMonash University
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designcrossover
Maskingdouble
Primary purposedevice feasibility
Enrollment23
Start date4 March 2019
Primary completion15 December 2019
Estimated completion15 January 2020
Sites1 location across Australia

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Monash University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 55, any sex, with Impulsive Behavior. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Psychological disorders characterized by impulsivity often show alterations in dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) activity. Recent research has therefore focused on non-invasive neurostimulation therapies for the modulation of functional activity in the dACC. To date there has only been one proof-of-concept study providing evidence for modulating dACC activity with non-invasive electrical neurostimulation (e.g. transcranial electrical stimulation). Since transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is relatively safe, tolerable, and mobile as compared to other neurostimulation techniques, it is worthwhile looking further into the effects of tDCS on functional dACC activity. The aim of the present research is to explore whether HD-tDCS can induce changes in the dACC in individuals with high trait impulsivity (N=20) in a double-blind cross-over study. Functional changes in dACC activity will be measured by the error related negativity (ERN), which is an event related potential generated by the dACC. The ERN is less pronounced in people that score high on impulsivity. It is therefore expect enhanced ERN amplitudes after HD-tDCS over the dACC. In addition, performance on the multisource interference task will be used as measure of dACC activity. It is hypothesize that increased dACC activity will be related to decreased impulsivity in high impulsive individuals as shown by improved inhibitory control on the Go/NoGo task. The results of the study may have implications for patient populations that are characterized by impulsivity.

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