Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Reduce Chronic Pain in Patients With Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (tDCS in IBD)

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Treatments: Device: Transcranial direct current stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02048137

EA4/135/13 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the study we test whether transcranial direct current stimulation can reduce the perception of pain in patients with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases.

Hypothesis: Transcranial direct current stimulation can reduce the perception of pain in patients with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Chronic pain (more than 3 months)
• Pain (VAS > 3/10)

Exclusion criteria

• Contraindication to transcranial direct current stimulation
• Pregnancy
• Sever internal or psychiatric condition

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Active transcranial direct current stimulation

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Transcranial direct current stimulation

Sham transcranial direct current stimulation

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Transcranial direct current stimulation