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NCT05875194

Influence of tDCS on the Brain Activation Measured During the Decision Not to Smoke in High-risk Situations

Status unknown NA Last updated 25 May 2023
What this trial tests

NA trial testing active transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in Tobacco Use Disorder in 60 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline
15 October 2022
Primary endpoint
10 October 2023
15 December 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity Hospital Tuebingen
PhaseNA
StatusStatus unknown
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingtriple
Primary purposebasic science
Enrollment60
Start date15 October 2022
Primary completion10 October 2023
Estimated completion15 December 2023
Sites1 location across Germany

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University Hospital Tuebingen

Who can join

Adults 18 to 70, any sex, with Tobacco Use Disorder. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Substance use disorders (SUD) are characterized by increased automatized responses to drug-related cues (cue-reactivity) and deficient cognitive control. Cue-reactivity (CR) can be elicited by internal (e.g. mood) or external (e.g. situations) cues closely related to consumption. Therefore, one aim for relapse prevention is to control CR by the enhancement of cognitive control, e.g., via noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) of cortical areas involved in inhibitory control. However, thus far, treatment effects of NIBS for relapse prevention in SUD are only moderate, despite clear neurophysiological targets. Critically, NIBS is commonly applied in highly standardized laboratory situation, not related to CR, neglecting the current individual (brain-) state. In the current study, relapse-relevant (brain-) states will be evoked in individual, naturalistic settings outside the laboratory and monitored by functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS; assessing cortical activation patterns) and heartrate variability (HRV; as a periphery physiological measure) to capture the optimal (cortical) state for subsequent NIBS by means of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). The aim of this highly innovative approach is increasing the efficiency of relapse prevention in SUD. At its heart, multimodal measurements during real-world (substance-related) choices with high ecological validity will be used to identify markers for individual optimal target states for tDCS. In contrast to current approaches, the target brain state of the individual adaptively controls the tDCS to maximize therapeutic outcome. One obstacle is to clear the data from artefacts to interpret data at a single-trial level, which requires this proof-of-concept study. This data is prerequisite for further clinical randomized-controlled studies in patients with SUD.

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