Effect of tDCS on Chronic Abdominal Visceral Pain in HCC Patients
CompletedNot applicableNCT02928237
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
To evaluate the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) applied to the motor cortex to reduce chronic abdominal visceral pain in a group of participants with hepatocellular carcinoma
Study details
- Official title
- Effect of the Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) of the Motor Cortex on Chronic Abdominal Pain in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: transcranial direct current stimulation tDCS
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
- Start date
- 2015-04
- Primary completion
- 2016-04
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * All patients of above 18 years old, with malignant visceral pain due to primary liver cancer or on top of cirrhosis, resistant to medical treatment for at least 2 months or associated with significant adverse effect from medication will be involved in this study Exclusion Criteria: * Investigators will exclude patients with intracranial metallic devices or with pacemakers or any other device. Investigators also exclude those with extensive myocardial ischemia and those known to have epilepsy.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02928237