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In this study, eligible crack-cocaine addicted inpatients recruited from specialized clinics for substance abuse disorder treatment, filling inclusion criteria and not showing any exclusion criteria, were randomized to receive the repetitive (10 sessions, every other day) bilateral dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (dlPFC: cathodal left / anodal right) tDCS (2 milliamperes, 3x7 cm2, for 20 min) or placebo (sham-tDCS). Craving to the use of crack-cocaine was examined before (baseline), during and after the end of the tDCS treatment.

Based in our previous data, our hypothesis was that repetitive bilateral tDCS over dlPFC would favorably change clinical, cognitive and brain function in crack-cocaine addiction and these would be long-lasting effects.


Clinical Trial Description

Before (baseline) and after tDCS or sham-tDCS treatment, subjects were examined:

(1) clinically, regarding craving (obsessive compulsive scale) and relapses to the drug use.

They were followed-up for clinical examination at least 60 days after treatment. ;


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NCT number NCT02091167
Study type Interventional
Source Federal University of Espirito Santo
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
Start date November 2013
Completion date July 2018

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