Utilizing Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Enhance Laparoscopic Technical Skills Training

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Healthy Volunteers

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test the influences of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the acquisition of laparoscopic surgical skills. For this purpose, the investigator will compare variants of tDCS in the first of 2 experiments. The second arm of the trial will investigate gaze training in a similar study design. These questions will be evaluated using the validated Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) module 1, with the overall goal of developing a surgical training curriculum that achieves expert level skill in an expedited timeframe. This research provides a novel approach to general surgery training that has the potential to reduce the amount of time and repetitions required to achieve expert laparoscopic skills.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03083483

Run by

Duke University

People needed

71

Starts

2017-04-01

Expected to finish

2017-12-21

Last updated by the study team

2020-01-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age >18 years, healthy male and female
• Negative urine pregnancy test for female participants
• Willing and able to provide informed consent
• Able to follow study procedures

You may not qualify if…

• Indwelling metallic implants
• Neurological or psychiatric medical history
• Drug or alcohol abuse
• Current or prior brain tumor
• Current or prior seizures
• Neuroactive medications
• Current pregnancy
• Damage, rash, or skin lesion in area of electrode placement

Where it is running

• Duke University Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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