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Home-based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for Treatment of Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Led by Massachusetts General Hospital · Updated on 2025-12-12
60
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
200 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
The investigators are investigating whether home-based tDCS over the course of four weeks can improve ADHD symptom severity and improve dysexecutive functioning (cognitive control). Further, the investigators are investigating whether there is a dose-dependent response to tDCS.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Home-based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for Treatment of Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Male and female outpatients 18-65 years of age
- Diagnosis of ADD/ADHD or meeting DSM-5 criteria for ADHD
You will not qualify if you...
- History of epilepsy, metallic implants in the head and neck, brain stimulators, vagus nerve stimulators, VP shunt, or pacemakers
- Active substance dependence (except tobacco)
- Pregnant or nursing females
- Inability to participate in testing procedures
- Premorbid neurological conditions including neurovascular and neurodegenerative diseases such as traumatic brain injury, stroke, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and other dementias
- Severe psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States, 02129
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
3
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