# The Effect of Hypocaloric Diet Associated With tDCS on Weight Loss and Metabolic Profile

> **NCT02683902** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre** · enrollment: 20 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Prediabetes
- Obesity
- Weight Loss
- Diabetes
- Overweight

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Active tDCS
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Hypocaloric diet
- **DEVICE:** Sham tDCS

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02683902
- **Lead sponsor:** Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2016-03
- **Primary completion:** 2018-05
- **Final completion:** 2018-08
- **Target enrollment:** 20 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2017-11-08


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02683902

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02683902, "The Effect of Hypocaloric Diet Associated With tDCS on Weight Loss and Metabolic Profile". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02683902. Licensed CC0.

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