Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-26 @ 11:08 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-26 @ 11:08 AM
NCT ID:
NCT05865912
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Adults aged 18 to 60 w
* Overweight or obese (BMI ≥25 kg/ m2) according to World Health Organisation (WHO) criteria.
* Use and understand English as a language for everyday conversation.
* Have access to a laptop or desktop computer with webcam and to able to attend baseline, post intervention and follow up assessments in the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (KCL).
Exclusion Criteria:
* Insufficient written and spoken English
* All known contraindications to tDCS (Brunoni et al., 2012)
* Pregnancy; history of neurological disease and/or seizure
* Having any metallic implants in the head or body
* History of head or eye injury
* Significant health problems in the previous six months
* A lifetime diagnosis of substance dependence, psychosis, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder; any other primary psychiatric disorder requiring treatment in its own right
* Taking psychotropic medication
* Taking medication for weight loss Regular, current or past, mindfulness meditation or yoga practice (defined as \> 20 minutes, twice or more per week during the past 2 months)
* Consuming more than 14 units of alcohol per week who are unwilling to reduce their alcohol intake for the duration of the treatment
* Current illicit drug use
* Learning difficulties that would preclude safe tDCS self-administration and/or completion of questionnaire measures and neurocognitive tasks (e.g.; working memory and inhibitory control)
* Current atypical anorexia nervosa or purging once a week or more.
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
FEMALE
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
60 Years
Study:
NCT05865912
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT05865912