Clinical Efficacy and Long Term Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Children With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

150 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-01-08

Study Completion Date

2026-01-31

Brief Summary

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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorder in childhood. Patients with ADHD present inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity causing severe impairments on academic achievement, social and professional life and daily functioning. Medications are effective in a majority of children with ADHD, but about 30% do not respond or tolerate stimulants, and some parents refuse pharmacological treatments.Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation is a safe and non-invasive technique of brain stimulation used in several neurological and psychiatric disorders, and recently in ADHD. In patients with ADHD, tDCS stimulations targeted frontal regions improve executive and attentional functioning and daily life symptoms. The objective of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of tDCS (vs sham) during cognitive-remediation exercises on ADHD symptoms (inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity as defined by DSM-5) in children with ADHD between 7 and 14 years of age.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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tDCS

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Intervention Type OTHER

Children will perform two successive interventions composed each by a set of 15 sessions of effective-tDCS combine with cognitive-training exercises.

Sham

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Intervention Type OTHER

Children will perform two successive interventions composed each by a set of 15 sessions of effective-tDCS combine with cognitive-training exercises.

Interventions

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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Children will perform two successive interventions composed each by a set of 15 sessions of effective-tDCS combine with cognitive-training exercises.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

* Children have a neurological pathology or handicap: Epilepsy, cerebral palsy, sequelae of brain injury (traumatic or ischemic or inflammatory...)
* Children have a comorbid psychiatric disorder: conduct disorders, autism, severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, mood disorder, bipolar illness, conduct disorder, psychosis, and substance abuse.
* Children under medication (stimulant or other psychotropic treatment, benzodiazepine, antidepressant, hypnotics and melatonin) or who did not respond previously to stimulant will not be included.
* Severe sleep disorder.
* Contraindication to tDCS.

Minimum Eligible Age

7 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

14 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No