NCT07747181Recruiting
The Effect of Combined Brain Stimulation and Yoga for Improving Cognitive Function in Psychosis
Yoga and tDCS to Improve Cognitive Function in Individuals With Psychosis: A Pragmatic Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The study examines (1) the effects of active anodal (facilitatory) tDCS and yoga combined intervention on cognitive function, clinical symptoms, and quality of life domains (social function and physical wellbeing) in psychosis, and (2) the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the effects induced by the combined intervention.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 135 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 30 Jul 2026
- Start date
- 1 Jan 2026
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Diseases
- Schizophrenia
- NCT number
- NCT07747181
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 135
- From 1 Jan 2026 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- (1) Severe physical diseases, such as myocardial infarction, uncontrollable severe hypertension, fracture, severe spinal problems, or contraindication for exercise
- (2) comorbid substance dependence and seizure disorders
- (4) known history of intellectual disability or special school attendance, brain trauma, or organic brain disease
Other
- (3) pregnancy or other contraindication to fNIRS
- (5) Individuals taking Benzodiazepine will still be recruited in the project, and will be excluded from the fNIRS measure.
Who the study is looking for
- (1) aged 18 to 65 years
- (2) diagnosis based on SCID for schizophrenia and related disorders, psychosis, and delusional disorder with the positive symptom measured by CGI ≤ 3
- (3) ability to understand the nature of the study and to give informed consent (The MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool for Clinical Research score ≥ 35)
- (4) Chinese-speaking
- (5) fewer than 10 hours of yoga and other mind-body intervention (e.g., Tai Chi, Qigong, Mindfulness) in the previous 3 months.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 65 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hung Hom | Hong Kong SAR China | Recruiting |
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