Skip to content

Investigating the Effect of Cranio-electrical stimulation (CES) on Depression, Anxiety and craving in people who received methadone maintenance treatment

Investigating the Effect of Cranio-electrical stimulation (CES) on Depression, Anxiety and craving in people who received methadone maintenance treatment

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20210523051367N1
Enrollment
60
Registered
2022-05-13
Start date
2021-07-23
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-05-30

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Condition 1: major depression disorder. Condition 2: anxiety disorder. Major depressive disorder, single episode Anxiety disorder, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: being treated with electrical brain stimulation in people receiving methadone maintenance treatment. The ATANG low frequency CES brand brain electrical stimulation

Sponsors

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: people with a history of addiction who are being treated with methadone in an addiction treatment center The first month of starting methadone treatment Willingness to participate in the study No serious psychiatric problem No use of psychiatric drugs No history of head trauma

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not Willingness to participate in the study serious psychiatric problem No treatment on methadone History of head truama Use psychiatric drugs

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Assessing the temptation to use drugs in the questionnaire to measure the temptation to use drugs after quitting/Primary consequence. Timepoint: beginning and end of study. Method of measurement: the questionnaire to measure the temptation to use drugs after quitting.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Depression score on the hamilton depression inventory. Timepoint: beginning and end of study. Method of measurement: hamilton depression inventory.;Anxiety score on the hamilton anxiety inventory. Timepoint: beginning and end of study. Method of measurement: hamilton anxiety inventory.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public Contacthoma baghaei ravari

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

homabaghaeiravari@gmail.com+98 21 4443 2560

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026