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A Preliminary Study of Model-driven Individualized Transcranial Electrical Stimulation for Insomnia

Key facts

Who runs it
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Where
China1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
Trial code
Status
Completed
People taking part
20 people enrolled
Started
1 Jan 2023
Ended
1 Sept 2025
Type of study
Interventional
Treatments tested
  • High-Definition transcranial electrical stimulation
Record updated
25 September 2025

Who can take part

Age
18 years to 50 years
Sex
Women and men
Healthy volunteers
Cannot take part

The registry criteria, word for word

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Other criteria

  • Participants will be recruited from the Shanghai Mental Health Center (SMHC) in Shanghai. Eligible insomnia participants were adults (18-50 years at SMHC) and diagnosed with insomnia disorder according to DSM-5 criteria by neurologists or psychiatrists using the procedure of Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Inclusion criteria were: (1) ≥ 9 years of education, (2) medication-free or had received stable medication for at least 2 months before entering the study and continued the same medication throughout the study. Exclusion criteria included: (1) serious medical, neurological, or psychiatric disorders other than anxiety or mild-to-moderate depression secondary to insomnia, (2) obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, (3) pregnancy or recent preparation for pregnancy, (4) previous treatments with ECT, rTMS, tES, and CBT-I

This trial has no sites in United States.

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About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy and to explore the best individualized stimulus paradigm of transcranial Electrical Stimulation for insomnia patients.

The group in the trial

  • tES treatmentTreatment being tested

    Patients will receive ten sessions of daily individualized tDCS over a two-week period, delivered for 20 min at SMHC (sessions 2-11).

    Treatment: High-Definition transcranial electrical stimulation

Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Record updated
25 September 2025