Brain stimulation for craving reduction in opioid users
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Opioid Dependent patients admitted in Ward receiving usual treatment care
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/10/010126
- Lead Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
Patients fulfilling diagnostic criteria for opioid dependence as per ICD-1O-DCR.
Those willing to give written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with any chronic neurological or physical illness
2. Presence of any psychiatric disorder including other substance dependence (except caffeine or nicotine), as assessed by Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI 5.0) screen
3. History of significant head trauma/ seizure
4. Having implanted device or metals in brain/head or cardiac pacemaker
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visual Analogue Scale for CravingTimepoint: On the starting day, 5th day and 10th day of tDCS initiation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Objective Opioid Withdrawal Scale <br/ ><br>Hamilton Depression Rating Scale <br/ ><br>Side effect checklist for tDCSTimepoint: On the starting day, 5th day and 10th day of tDCS initiation