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Home-based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for Treatment of Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - 65 YearsAllMassachusetts General Hospital
NCT05354232 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The investigators are investigating whether home-based tDCS over the course of four weeks can improve ADHD symptom severity and improve dysexecutive functioning (cognitive control). Further, the investigators are investigating whether there is a dose-dependent response to tDCS.

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Male and female outpatients 18-65 years of age 2. A diagnosis of ADD/ADHD or meeting the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) criteria. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Contraindication to tDCS: history or epilepsy, metallic implants in the head and neck, brain stimulators, vagus nerve stimulators, VP shunt, pacemakers, pregnancy. 2. Active substance dependence (except for tobacco). 3. Pregnant or nursing females. 4. Inability to participate in testing procedures. 5. Premorbid neurological conditions (including neurovascular and neurodegenerative diseases such as traumatic brain injury, stroke, Parkinson's, AD and other dementias) and severe psychiatric disorders (bipolar disorder, schizophrenia).
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What it tests

  • 2 mA transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
  • 1 mA transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
  • Sham transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
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Where

1 site
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlestown, United States
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