Modulating Impulsivity in Suicidal Adolescents With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
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Official title
Modulating Impulsivity in Suicidal Adolescents With tDCS: A Proof of Concept Study
Brief summary
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As a first step toward investigating whether modulation of impulsivity and associated neural pathways may yield clinically meaningful changes in risk for adolescent suicidal behavior, the R21 is a proof-of concept study evaluating the potential for tDCS targeting brain regions associated with behavioral impulsivity (right inferior frontal gyrus \[rIFG\]) and cognitive impulsivity (left orbitofrontal cortex \[lOFC\]) to modulate these facets of impulsivity in a sample of adolescent suicide attempters. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive anodal tDCS over the rIFG, anodal tDCS over the lOFC, or a sham stimulation condition, in a three-group design. Task-based measures of behavioral and cognitive impulsivity will be administered before and after tDCS or sham stimulation. Additionally, electroencephalography (EEG) and event-related potential (ERP) data will be collected during the impulsivity tasks, and resting-state EEG data will be collected pre- and post-tDCS administration to confirm engagement of the targeted brain regions and to delineating the neural pathways underlying the effects of tDCS on impulsivity.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03365102
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 64 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- anodal tDCS over the rIFG, Device
- anodal tDCS over the lOFC, Device
- sham tDCS stimulation condition Device
Device
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 13 Years to 17 Years
- Sex
- All
- 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
- Mar 31, 2017
- Primary completion
- Dec 30, 2019
- Completion
- Dec 30, 2019
- Last update posted
- Feb 1, 2022
2017 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Hospital | Riverside | Rhode Island | 02915 | — |
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