Status:
UNKNOWN
Effects of Cathodal tDCS on Executive Functions in Autism
Lead Sponsor:
Centre Hospitalier du Rouvray
Conditions:
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-50 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
It's an interventional, prospective and monocentric pilot study concerning adult patients with autism without mental retardation. The primary outcome is to assess the effects of cathodal transcranial...
Detailed Description
The patients concerned by the study are aged 20 to 50 years old. They meet ICD-10 criteria for autism without mental retardation or Asperger syndrome and they have adaptive capacity and autonomy compl...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- With ICD-10 criteria for autism without mental retardation or Asperger syndrome;
- Patient with adaptive capacity and autonomy complaints.
- Patients with stable treatments for at least 4 weeks prior and during all the study;
- Patient with no history of tDCS;
- Patients affiliated to a social security system;
- Patients who give their informed written consents;
- For women of childbearing age: effective contraception; required (estrogen and progestogen or intra-uterine device or tubal ligation) for at least 1 month before starting treatment (a negative pregnancy test has been obtained).
Exclusion
- Skin disease, dementia, history of epileptic seizures, brain tumor or metallic implants/implanted electrical devices.
- Patients who followed à cognitive remediation program during the last 6 months;
- Subjects currently treated with magnetic or electrical stimulation techniques (e.g.: transcutaneous or root stimulation).
- Women of childbearing age with no adequate contraception, pregnant or lactating women;
- Patients participating or having participated in an interventional clinical trial within 30 days prior to the inclusion visit;
- Subjects who are deprived of their liberty by decision of a judicial or administrative authority.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2016
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 1 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
22 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03235596
Start Date
December 1 2016
End Date
August 1 2017
Last Update
August 1 2017
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Centre Hospitalier du Rouvray
Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France, 76300