Status:
UNKNOWN
Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and Probiotic Supplementation in Overweight Adults
Lead Sponsor:
University of Tehran
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Messina
Tabriz University
Conditions:
Overweight and Obesity
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-60 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The aim of the current study is to investigate and compare the effectiveness of probiotic supplementation and tDCS stimulation on risky decision-making related to food choices in overweight people. Co...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- BMI over 25
- Higher than normal fat level
Exclusion
- Pregnancy
- Breastfeeding
- Smoking more than 10 cigarettes a day
- Excessive consumption of alcohol
- Suffering from chronic cardiovascular and kidney diseases
- Chronic digestive diseases such as celiac disease,
- Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases such as colitis, intestinal surgery, cancer, etc.
- Suffering from acute and chronic diarrhea in the last one month
- Taking antibiotics in two months before the start of the study,
- Continuous use of prebiotic and probiotic products and drugs in one month before the start of the intervention
- Frequent use of antibiotics during the last month before the start of the intervention
- Taking weight loss medications and following a special slimming diet in the last 3 months before the intervention.
- History of epilepsy and seizures, stroke,
- Use of pacemaker
- Presence of metal implanted in the scalp or brain,
- Presence of skin lesions at the tDCS stimulation site, and history of head injury or brain surgery.
- Brain disorders and long-term and chronic use of neuropsychiatric drugs.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 1 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06035718
Start Date
March 1 2023
End Date
September 1 2024
Last Update
November 28 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Atieh neuroscience center
Tehran, Iran, 1969713663