← Back to Search

Device

Occipital Cathodal Stimulation for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Tony W Wilson, PhD

Research Sponsored by University of Nebraska

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up during the 90 minutes following stimulation

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trialwill test if using electrical current on the brain can affect thinking and behavior in healthy adults.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ during the 90 minutes following stimulation

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~during the 90 minutes following stimulation

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and during the 90 minutes following stimulation for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Behavioral performance on cognitive tests of attention and perceptual processing

Secondary outcome measures

The power of oscillatory neural activity as quantified by MEG imaging

The power of spontaneous neural activity as quantified by MEG imaging

Trial Design

3Treatment groups

Active Control

Placebo Group

Group I: Occipital Cathodal StimulationActive Control1 Intervention

Participants will receive occipital cathodal stimulation using high-definition tDCS

Group II: Occipital Anodal StimulationActive Control1 Intervention

Participants will receive occipital anodal stimulation using high-definition tDCS

Group III: Occipital Sham Stimulation (Placebo)Placebo Group1 Intervention

Participants will receive occipital sham stimulation (placebo) using high-definition tDCS

Do I qualify?Apply below to find out

Find a Location

Who is running the clinical trial?

University of NebraskaLead Sponsor

539 Previous Clinical Trials

1,144,601 Total Patients Enrolled

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)NIH

2,784 Previous Clinical Trials

2,689,142 Total Patients Enrolled

3 Trials studying Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

281 Patients Enrolled for Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Tony W Wilson, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Nebraska

1 Previous Clinical Trials

36 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Does this trial have an age restriction, and if so, what is it?

"According to the qualifications for this trial, individuals must be aged 19 or above and no older than 72 in order to take part."

Answered by AI

Do I meet the qualifications to partake in this experiment?

"This clinical trial has specified physiological requirements and an age range of 19 to 72 for prospective participants. In total, 124 people are needed for the study."

Answered by AI

How many individuals have been selected to participate in this research?

"Affirmative. Perusing the details on clinicaltrials.gov, this trial is still recruiting patients as of December 2nd 2022 - the most recent update date. The study was initially posted February 20th 2019 and seeks to involve 124 individuals at a single site."

Answered by AI

Are there any available spots to join the trial at this time?

"Yes, the information publicly available on clinicaltrials.gov reveals that this medical research is currently looking for participants. This trial was first made public on February 20th 2019 and has been updated as recently as December 2nd 2022. The number of patients to be enrolled across a single site stands at 124 individuals."

Answered by AI

Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Modulation of Spontaneous Cortical Activity by tDCS: BRAIN Initiative I

Tony W. Wilson, PhD 2019. "Modulation of Spontaneous Cortical Activity by tDCS: BRAIN Initiative I". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03672747.