Efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in reducing consumption in patients with alcohol use disorders: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Date publication

mai 2016

Journal

Trials

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr TROJAK Benoît

Tous les auteurs :
Trojak B, Soudry-Faure A, Abello N, Carpentier M, Jonval L, Allard C, Sabsevari F, Blaise E, Ponavoy E, Bonin B, Meille V, Chauvet-Gelinier JC

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27188795

Résumé

Approximately 15 million persons in the European Union and 10 million persons in the USA are alcohol-dependent. The global burden of disease and injury attributable to alcohol is considerable: worldwide, approximately one in 25 deaths in 2004 was caused by alcohol. At the same time, alcohol use disorders remain seriously undertreated. In this context, alternative or adjunctive therapies such as brain stimulation may play a prominent role. The early results of studies using transcranial direct current stimulation found that stimulations delivered to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex result in a significant reduction of craving and an improvement of the decision-making processes in various additive disorders. We, therefore, hypothesize that transcranial direct current stimulation can lead to a decrease in alcohol consumption in patients suffering from alcohol use disorders.

Mots clés

Affect, Alcohol Abstinence, Alcohol Drinking, physiopathology, Alcohol-Related Disorders, diagnosis, Clinical Protocols, Cognition, Craving, Double-Blind Method, Female, France, Humans, Male, Monaco, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Quality of Life, Research Design, Smoking, psychology, Surveys and Questionnaires, Time Factors, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, adverse effects, Treatment Outcome

Référence

Trials. 2016 May 17;17(1):250