Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder Post Stroke With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

48

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2012

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2013

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2014

Conditions
Major Depressive Disorder 1
Interventions
DEVICE

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

In active stimulation(active Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation), the anode is placed over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the cathode is placed over the right prefrontal cortex. They are located five centimeters ventrally of the primary motor area, which are located five centimeters laterally of the central point of the scalp (which is located on the intersection of the sagittal and median curves). The device will deliver a charge of 2mA for 30 minutes.

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of Sao Paulo

OTHER

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