The Effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Decreasing Food Cravings
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Official title
The Effectiveness of tDCS in Decreasing Food Cravings
Brief summary
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This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in decreasing food cravings. Specifically, this study will determine whether healthy subjects will report decreased food craving following a single 20-minute session of tDCS (compared to sham tDCS) delivered during and immediately following the exposure to food stimuli.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01030289
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 19 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 21 Years to 70 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 30, 2009
- Primary completion
- Oct 31, 2010
- Completion
- Oct 31, 2010
- Last update posted
- Jun 19, 2018
2009 – 2010
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brain Stimulation Laboratory, Institute of Psychiatry | Charleston | South Carolina | 29425 | — |
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