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Effect of the Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Dependent Smoking People

France100 participantsStarted 2014-03

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of 10 sessions of anodal transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS - 1 mA) applied to left vs right CDLPF of tobacco-dependent subjects compared to the application of a placebo tDCS (sham procedure) on the craving, which is evaluated by the item 1 of Fagerström test between day 1 and day 10. Craving is also evaluated 1 month post-treatment.

Who can participate

Age range20 Years – 60 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Fagerström score ≥ 5 * Q-MAT score ≥ 6 * smoking subjects from 10 to 30 cigarettes a day * right-handed subjects * w/o severe progressive somatic pathology (especially tumor diseases, degenerative diseases) * Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-17 score \<18 Exclusion Criteria: * pregnancy and/or lactation * presence of a specific contraindication for tDCS (e.g. personal history of epilepsy, metallic head implant, cardiac pacemaker...)

What they're measuring

change from baseline in craving evaluated by item 1 of Fagerström test

Timeframe: baseline, day 10 and 1 month post-ttt

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02867514

SponsorCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-07

Contact for this trial

Emmanuel Haffen, Prof

+33381219007 emmanuel.haffen@univ-fcomte.fr

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