Home-based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for Treatment of Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
The investigators are investigating whether home-based tDCS over the course of four weeks can improve ADHD symptom severity and improve dysexecutive functioning (cognitive control). Further, the investigators are investigating whether there is a dose-dependent response to tDCS.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 65
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• Male and female outpatients 18-65 years of age
• A diagnosis of ADD/ADHD or meeting the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) criteria.
Locations
United States
Massachusetts
Massachusetts General Hospital
RECRUITING
Charlestown
Contact Information
Primary
DNN Inbox
mghdnn@mgh.harvard.edu
6177265348
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-07-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-05
Participants
Target number of participants: 60
Treatments
Experimental: 2mA transcranial direct current stimulation
Experimental: 1mA transcranial direct current stimulation
Sham_comparator: Sham transcranial direct current stimulation
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Massachusetts General Hospital