EFFICACY OF HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSCRANIAL RANDOM NOISESTIMULATION ON fMRI ANDCRAVING IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE SYNDROMEâ??: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL STUDY
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: F102- Alcohol dependence
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/07/034601
- Lead Sponsor
- Central Institute of Psychiatry
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients who are diagnosed with Alcohol Dependence Syndrome, active
dependence as per ICD-10[DCR](WHO,1993).
2. Men aged between 18 to 60 years old
3. Patients abstinent from alcohol at least for 10 days
4. In stable clinical condition with no need for emergency care
5. Patients willing to give informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Any other co-morbid substance dependence except nicotine and caffeine.
2. Participants with any co-morbid psychiatric disorder.
3. History of severe withdrawal e.g., convulsions or delirium tremens during
abstinence.
4. Not willing to give informed consent.
5. Patient with presence of pacemaker or other electronic implant, metal or
magnetic objects in the brain.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method changes in ACQ scoreTimepoint: 0weeks, 2 weeks, 4 weeks <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Changes in the BOLD signal in specified brain areas. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>2.Relationship of reduction in craving with demographic and clinical variables in alcohol dependent patient will be determined. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 0 weeks, 2weeks , 4 weeks