Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation(tDCS) machine is entirely non-invasive and very safe, which delivers 2mA of direct current to the brain, which may leads to improvement in symptoms of OCD in patient with treatment resistant Obsessive Compulsive Disorder(OCD).
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: F422- Mixed obsessional thoughts and actsHealth Condition 2: null- treatment resistant OCD
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/02/007775
- Lead Sponsor
- Office of Department of PsychiatryAll India Institute of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
1-Right handed (assessed by Edinburghâ??s Handedness Inventory)
2-Patients with OCD (diagnosed on ICD-10)
3-Meets criteria for treatment resistant as per ITROC (level 1 non-response)
4-YBOCS score >= 16(moderate severity)
5-Willing to give written informed consent to participate in the study
1-Presence of co-morbid Axis I disorders (using MINI 5.0) including substance abuse/dependence (except caffeine or nicotine)
2-History of seizure
3-History of receiving rTMS/ECT treatment
4-History suggestive of space occupying brain lesion or cerebro-vascular accident
5-Presence of chronic medical illness
6-Having implanted device or metals in brain/head or cardiac pacemaker
7-Known or suspected pregnancy or currently lactating
8-Having imminent suicide risk
9-Having score of >= 17 on HAM-D
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 35% or more reduction in the YBOCS scoreTimepoint: After completion of 20 sessions of tDCS
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method score of 2 or less (much or very much improved)Timepoint: After completion of 20 sessions of tDCS