Cumulative and Booster Effects of Multisession Prefrontal TDCS in ASD Adolescents

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

90

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

June 2, 2022

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2025

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2025

Conditions
Transcranial Direct Current StimulationAutistic Spectrum DisorderElectroencephalography
Interventions
DEVICE

Active-tDCS

For active-tDCS condition, participants will receive stimulation on the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex with ramp up and ramp down mode for 10 seconds, eliciting a tingling sensation on the scalp that fades over seconds. Following that, a twenty-minute executive functional training task will be initiated five minutes subsequent to the stimulation mode, and the stimulation will be terminated when the training task ends.

DEVICE

Sham-tDCS

For sham-tDCS condition, participants will receive initial stimulation with ramp up and ramp down mode for 30 seconds, eliciting a tingling sensation on the scalp then it will be discontinued. Participants will also receive the twenty-minute executive functional training task five minutes subsequent to the stimulation mode.

Trial Locations (1)

Hong Kong

RECRUITING

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom

All Listed Sponsors
lead

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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