Noninvasive Neuromodulation of the Prefrontal Cortex in Subjects With Obesity
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Official title
Noninvasive Neuromodulation of the Prefrontal Cortex in Subjects With Obesity: a Proof-of-concept Study
Brief summary
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The overall goal of this proposal is to evaluate the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a noninvasive neuromodulation technique, to facilitate weight loss and weight loss maintenance in obesity. This is a novel clinical research study that examines the therapeutic potential of an innovative biomedical treatment for weight loss.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02953353
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 38 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Active transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) Device
- Hypocaloric diet Other
- Sham transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) Other
Device · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 20 Years to 40 Years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 11, 2017
- Primary completion
- Sep 2, 2018
- Completion
- Mar 28, 2019
- Last update posted
- Jan 21, 2021
2017 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University | Boston | Massachusetts | 02111-1524 | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School | Boston | Massachusetts | 02215 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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- Last update posted Jan 21, 2021 · Synced Sep 3, 2026
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