Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) As A Treatment For Cigarette Craving and Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenic
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Cognitive Studies, Cognitive Studies, Schizophrenia, Smoking Cessation |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology, Pulmonary / Respiratory Diseases |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 60 |
| Updated: | 4/2/2016 |
| Start Date: | April 2012 |
| End Date: | December 2017 |
This is a study of the effects of tDCS on smoking , craving for cigarettes, cognition, and
psychiatric symptoms in schizophrenic patients who are current smokers or have a history of
regular cigarette smoking. It assesses smoking with CO mentoring, nicotine and cotinine
levels, and craving with QSU scale and response to craving slides. Cognition is measures by
MATRICS battery, symptoms are measured by PANSS scale and hallucination scale.
This is double-blind sham-controlled study, with active tDCS 2ma or 20 minutes over 5 days,
and sham tDCS for 40 seconds on each sham occasion.
psychiatric symptoms in schizophrenic patients who are current smokers or have a history of
regular cigarette smoking. It assesses smoking with CO mentoring, nicotine and cotinine
levels, and craving with QSU scale and response to craving slides. Cognition is measures by
MATRICS battery, symptoms are measured by PANSS scale and hallucination scale.
This is double-blind sham-controlled study, with active tDCS 2ma or 20 minutes over 5 days,
and sham tDCS for 40 seconds on each sham occasion.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum disorder History of cigarette smoking
Exclusion Criteria:
- Seizure disorder or current treated neurological illness Current Acute exacerbation
of psychotic state
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