Effect of tDCS Montage on Measures of Appetite
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Brief summary
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The aim is to validate a new sham (control) method for use in transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) that is less discernible to participants from the real condition. Participants are often able to tell real from sham conditions. Correctly guessing real from sham undermines the integrity of evaluations of the value of tDCS as a treatment tool as responses may be in part or entirely the result of treatment expectation effects. The study will test a new sham method to reduce food craving and eating and test how much participants are able to discern it from the real or 'target' condition.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03396549
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 28 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 55 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
- Mar 6, 2018
- Primary completion
- Mar 13, 2018
- Completion
- Mar 13, 2018
- Last update posted
- May 14, 2018
2018
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) | Birmingham | Alabama | 35249 | — |
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- Last update posted May 14, 2018 · Synced Sep 8, 2026
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