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The effect of transcranial electrical stimulation on blood pressure

Effects of direct current stimulation (tDCS) on ventricular variability and post-exercise hypotension in resistant hypertensive patients

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-8n7c9p
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2019-05-02
Start date
2018-05-04
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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

Conditions

Hypertension

Interventions

tDCS group: 20 participants with hypertension will be submitted to a 2.0mA direct current transcranial stimulation session for 20 minutes, with hemodynamic, autonomic evaluations and blood collection
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Sponsors

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Lead Sponsor
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Collaborator
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
40 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Men and women diagnosed with resistant hypertension, according to the latest international guidelines, be able to understand, verbalize and answer questions; agree to participate in the study and sign the Informed Consent Form, after clearly understanding it; adherence to non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatment. Patients such as mild to moderate hypertension will be included following treatment for comparison control.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Clinical history or clinical symptoms of heart failure; patients with dilated cardiomyopathies, valvulopathies or pericardial conditions; carriers of cerebrovascular disease or peripheral arterial disease, nephropathy, liver disease, smoking, autoimmune diseases and use of illicit substances; pacemakers or other electrical devices implanted in the body; any physical and / or mental limitation that impedes the performance of physical exercise or abnormal condition that may interfere with the results of the study according to the researcher's judgment; significant psychic depression (?17 on the Hamilton scale and current participation in another research study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To evaluate the control of the blood pressure by Ambulatory Monitoring of the Blood pressure for 24 hours.;Evaluation of the impact on the autonomic modulation of the beat recording medium and spatial data analysis.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To analyze the hypotensive effect of a TDCS session performed before the physical exercise session.;To analyze the ventilatory variability observed by the ergospirometric test

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactBruno ;Catarina Rodrigues ;Barboza

Universidade Estadual de Campinas ;Universidade Estadual de Campinas

prof.brodrigues@gmail.com;catarina.barboza@hotmail.com+55-19-35219121;+55-19-35219121

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 20, 2026