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tDCS and Urge in BFRBs
Led by Gopalkumar Rakesh · Updated on 2025-07-23
55
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
42 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this study is to find out if brain stimulation can help people stop skin-picking or nail-biting. The study wants to answer two main questions: 1. Does brain stimulation reduce the urge to pick skin or bite nails after those urges are triggered? 2. Does brain stimulation reduce how often people pick their skin or bite their nails? Participants will: * Talk about their skin-picking, nail-biting, and other mental health concerns * Be placed in situations that make them want to pick or bite * Rate how strong their urges are before and after brain stimulation Researchers will compare real brain stimulation to a placebo (a fake version that looks the same but has no effect) to see if the real stimulation works to reduce skin-picking and nail-biting urges and behaviors.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
tDCS and Urge in BFRBs
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Ability to provide informed consent and willingly sign consent before any study procedures
- Willingness and ability to complete study-related clinical assessments and brain stimulation
- Experiences mild to extreme urges to pick or bite their skin or nails
You will not qualify if you...
- Any unstable medical, psychiatric, or neurological condition requiring urgent treatment
- Daily use of psychotropic medications that lower seizure threshold, such as clozapine
- History of psychosis, mania, major neurological disorder, significant head trauma, or seizures/epilepsy
- Current suicidal intent
- History of major neurological disease, major head trauma including concussion with extended loss of consciousness, or psychosurgery
- Current or suspected pregnancy
- Having possible contraindications for brain stimulation (tDCS)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40506
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Research Team
H
Hannah Wild, M.S.
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
TRIPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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