Targeting Auditory Hallucinations With Alternating Current Stimulation

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

25

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

November 14, 2017

Primary Completion Date

January 5, 2021

Study Completion Date

January 5, 2021

Conditions
SchizophreniaSchizo Affective Disorder
Interventions
DEVICE

tACS treatment week

10 Hz sine wave stimulation with a peak-to-peak amplitude of 2 mA for 20 minutes twice for 5 consecutive days.

DEVICE

tACS sham week

10Hz sine wave stimulation with a peak-to-peak amplitude of 2 mA for 10 seconds twice a day for 5 consecutive days.

DEVICE

Maintenance tACS

10 Hz sine wave stimulation with a peak-to-peak amplitude of 2 mA for 40 minutes once a weekly for 8 weeks.

DEVICE

Maintenance Sham tACS

10Hz sine wave stimulation with a peak-to-peak amplitude of 2 mA for 10 seconds once a week for 8 weeks.

Trial Locations (1)

27599

UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

lead

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OTHER

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