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临床试验/NCT05478681
NCT05478681已完成不适用

Home-based tDCS for Behavioral Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston4 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家目标入组 3 人开始时间: 2023年4月17日最近更新:
适应症

试验速览

阶段
不适用
状态
已完成
入组人数
3
试验地点
4
主要终点
Acceptability of the tDCS Treatment as Assessed by the tDCS Acceptability Questionnaire

研究概览

简要总结

The purpose of this study is to assess acceptability, and safety of providing tDCS to ADRD patients with behavioral symptoms and to assess the efficacy of tDCS for ADRD-related symptoms, mainly behavioral symptoms.

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
分配方式
Na
干预模型
Single Group
主要目的
Treatment
盲法
None

入排标准

年龄范围
60 Years 至 —(Adult, Older Adult)
性别
All
接受健康志愿者

入选标准

  • have ADRD and clinically-meaningful behavioral symptoms
  • have a caregiver willing to participate in the study
  • can speak and read English
  • have stable doses of medications for at least one month

排除标准

  • any unstable concurrent medical conditions
  • history of brain surgery
  • intracranial metal implantation
  • current alcohol/substance use disorder

结局指标

主要结局

Acceptability of the tDCS Treatment as Assessed by the tDCS Acceptability Questionnaire

时间窗: week 12

The tDCS acceptability questionnaire has a total score from 0 to 100, a higher score indicates higher acceptance of the tDCS treatment.

Safety as Assessed by the Side Effects Questionnaire

时间窗: week 6

side effects include itching, burning, headache, fatigue, and dizziness.

次要结局

  • Apathy as Assessed by the Brief Dimensional Apathy Scale (b-DAS)(Baseline, Week 6 and Week 12.)
  • Dementia-related Behavioral Symptoms as Assessed by the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI-Q) Scale(Baseline, week 2, week 4, week 6, week 12)
  • Depressive Symptoms as Assessed by the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD)(Baseline, Week 6 and Week 12.)
  • Cognition as Evaluated by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)(Baseline, Week 6 and Week 12.)

研究者

申办方类型
Other
责任方
Principal Investigator
主要研究者

Kendra Anderson

Assistant Professor

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

研究点 (4)

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