Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as an additional treatment to cognitive behavior group therapy in adults with tobacco dependence – a double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled pilot trial
Authors/Creators
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Goerigk, Stephan
(Data curator)1, 2
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Burkhardt, Gerrit
(Data manager)1, 3
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Padberg, Frank
(Project leader)1
- Zeren, Anna (Data collector)1
- Ludwig, Heike (Data collector)1
- Rabenstein, Andrea (Researcher)1
- Kröger (Researcher)4
- Vragolic, Sara (Researcher)1, 2
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Palm, Ulrich
(Researcher)1
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Pogarell, Oliver
(Researcher)1
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Keeser, Daniel
(Researcher)1
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Russowsky Brunoni, Andre
(Researcher)5, 6
- Hasan, Alkomiet (Researcher)7
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Rüther, Tobias
(Project leader)1
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1.
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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2.
Hochschule Fresenius
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3.
LMU Klinikum
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4.
IFT Institut für Therapieforschung
- 5. Universidade de São Paulo
- 6. UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (TX),
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7.
University of Augsburg
Description
Data from a double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled pilot trial investigating transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as an adjunct to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for smoking cessation. Conducted in Germany (2012-2013), the study randomized 54 adults with tobacco dependence to active (2 mA, 30 min, left DLPFC) or sham tDCS over 7 weekly sessions combined with group CBT. The dataset includes 49 participants (modified ITT population) with baseline characteristics, smoking status at multiple timepoints (baseline through 6-month follow-up), exhaled CO levels, cigarettes per day, craving scores (QSU-brief), and blinding integrity data.
smoke_tdcs_data.csv: Anonymized participant-level data
smoke_tdcs_codebook.csv: Variable description
tDCS_smoking_analysis.R: R analysis script
Files
smoke_tdcs_codebook.csv
Additional details
Dates
- Created
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2026-02-03
Software
- Programming language
- R