Clinical trialNCT01729507UnknownPhase 4Interventional

tDCS as Add on Therapy for Treatment of Tobacco Dependence by Standardized Behaviour Therapy

SponsorLudwig-Maximilians - University of MunichEnrollment40Smoking CessationTobacco Dependence

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Summary

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As an add-on treatment to behavioural therapy for tobacco dependence, anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) significantly increases the cessation rate compared to treatment with sham tDCS; endpoint analysis will be performed 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after completion of the smoke-free programme in combination with tDCS. Craving, assessed with a visual analog scale (VAS), is reduced significantly in the verum treatment group compared to the sham tDCS group. tDCS is suitable for use in larger groups (8-12 people).

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Investigators

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Frank Padberg, PD Dr.
Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Medicine
Study Director
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

Germany

Ludwig Maximilans University
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Andrea Linhardt
Recruiting

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 31 Jul 2012
Primary completion: 31 Jul 2013
Completion: 31 Jul 2013
Last update posted: 27 Nov 2012
Registered enrollment: 40
Registry id: NCT01729507

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