Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Combined With Computerized Cognitive Addiction Therapy(CCAT) and, Electronic Follow-up for Methamphetamine(MA) Dependent Patients

Shanghai Mental Health Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Electronic Health Records; Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation; Methamphetamine-dependence; Computerized Cognitive AddictionTherapy

Treatments: Device: Sham Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS); Device: Ture Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04139148

NZhong-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with computerized cognitive addiction therapy(CCAT) for methamphetamine(MA) dependent patients in voluntary drug rehabilitation center. Electronic medical systems were applied for drug related knowledge education, self-evaluation and outpatient follow-up reminder after intervention in order to reduce relapse behaviors.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Methamphetamine dependent patients with normal eyesight and hearing.

Exclusion criteria

• any diagnosis of DSM-IV axis I diseases.
• any physical diseases which might influence cognitive function such as epilepsy, cerebrovascular disease or brain injury.
• negative behaviors or harm to others.
• cognitive enhance drug use history in last 6 months.
• other drug dependence(except nicotine).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 3 patient groups

True tDCS Combined With CCAT

Active Comparator group

Description:

Ture transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) intervention combined with computerized cognitive addiction therapy(CCAT) group, last 25 minutes per day for 4 weeks(5 days/week). Electronic follow-up for 6 month including drug knowledge every week, self-evaluation every two weeks and outpatient follow-up reminder every four weeks.

Treatment:

Device: Ture Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)

Sham tDCS Combined With CCAT

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Sham transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) intervention combined with computerized cognitive addiction therapy(CCAT) group, last 25 minutes per day for 4 weeks(5 days/week). Electronic follow-up for 6 month including only outpatient follow-up reminder every four weeks.

Treatment:

Device: Sham Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

During the treatment, the participants in control group only received treatment such as education of psychology, health and judicature, physical training as well as vocational training as usual in the compulsory rehabilitation center.