Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for Treatment of Negative Syndrome in Patients With Schizophrenia

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Status: Completed

Conditions: Schizophrenia

Treatments: Device: eldith DC-stimulator (neuroconn, Ilmenau, Germany); Device: eldith DC-stimulator (Neuroconn, Ilmenau, Germany)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01378078

04/2011

Details and patient eligibility

About

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) showed beneficial effects on cognition in healthy subjects and depressed patients. In this study, patients with treatment resistant negative syndrome in schizophrenia will be treated with direct current stimulation. fMRI measures will be performed.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• schizophrenic patients with a negative syndrome. PANSS > 40.

Exclusion criteria

• other psychiatric or neurologic diseases.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

sham

Sham Comparator group

Description:

patients receive sham tDCS stimulation

Treatment:

Device: eldith DC-stimulator (neuroconn, Ilmenau, Germany)

active

Active Comparator group

Description:

active transcranial direct current stimulation

Treatment:

Device: eldith DC-stimulator (Neuroconn, Ilmenau, Germany)