Mindfulness-Based Intervention and Transcranial Direct Current Brain Stimulation to Reduce Heavy Drinking

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Alcohol Drinking, Alcohol Intoxication, Alcoholism

In brief

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) impacts millions of Americans and is associated with significant behavioral, social, economic, medical, and neurobiological dysfunction, yet current behavioral treatments for AUD are only modestly effective. The proposed research will test the efficacy of a novel behavioral intervention, which combines brain stimulation with mindfulness-based relapse prevention, and is hypothesized to improve neural dysfunction and ultimately lead to large effect size reductions in heavy drinking among individuals with AUD. Given that mindfulness and brain stimulation are already available for "home use" there is great potential for the ultimate dissemination of the intervention on a large scale, which could have a significant impact on public health.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02861807

Run by

University of New Mexico

People needed

84

Starts

2016-11-22

Expected to finish

2018-08-27

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• interested in reducing alcohol drinking
• right-handed

You may not qualify if…

• lifetime diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder or current substance use disorder other than nicotine or marijuana
• cardiac pacemaker
• implantable defibrillator
• metal objects in upper body that might interfere with tDCS, or that tDCS may interfere with their function, including metal plates, screws and prosthetics in head, certain older tattoos and permanent makeup using metal containing inks, aneurysm clips, neural stimulators of any kind, ear implants, insulin pumps, drug infusion devices and dental appliances
• for females, pregnant or attempting to get pregnant
• history of seizures or seizure disorder
• allergic to latex, rubber, conductive medium like saline or electrode gel
• if assigned to active tDCS and unable to tolerate 1.5 mA of tDCS during a baseline stimulation session

Where it is running

• University of New Mexico Psychology Clinical Neuroscience Center — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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