# Examining the Impact of Transcranial Focused Ultrasound (tFUS) on Reward Neural Circuitry

> **NCT05875181** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Mary Phillips, MD MD (Cantab)**

## Conditions studied

- Impulsive Behavior

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** tFUS
- **DEVICE:** Sham tFUS

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05875181
- **Lead sponsor:** Mary Phillips, MD MD (Cantab)
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2023-06-19
- **Primary completion:** 2024-12-01
- **Final completion:** 2024-12
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** The data from this pilot study was intended to generate effect sizes and pilot data for a subsequent grant application. However, the grant application was awarded funding before this pilot study collected data.
- **Last updated:** 2024-12-13


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05875181

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05875181, "Examining the Impact of Transcranial Focused Ultrasound (tFUS) on Reward Neural Circuitry". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05875181. Licensed CC0.

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