Clinical trials: Brain Stimulation
Stroke, Ischemic
Dose-finding Study of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors to Enhance Neuroplasticity
The brain is able to change throughout life in response to learning, or injury, or to adapt to changes in the environment, which is known as neuroplasticity.
- Trial name
- NCT04221256
- Testing
- Administration of SSRI escitalopram, Paired Associative stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Burke Medical Research Institute
Isolation, Social, Virtual Reality
Brain Changes in Response to Long-Duration Isolation and Confinement
This study investigates the time course and magnitude of eight months of isolation and confinement in a spaceflight analog facility on brain changes and cognitive performance.
- Conditions
- Isolation, Social, Virtual Reality, Spatial Navigation
- Trial name
- BRAIVE (NCT04532866)
- Testing
- Isolation and Confinement
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Stuttering, Developmental
Investigating Non-invasive Brain Stimulation to Enhance Fluency in People Who Stutter
This study aims to test whether the application of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) concurrent with fluency training results in improvements in speech fluency in adults with developmental stuttering, measured up to…
- Trial name
- INSTEP (NCT03335722)
- Testing
- Metronome-timed speech, Active tDCS
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Development of Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation for OCD (Phase 1a)
This research study is for participants that have been diagnosed with intractable Obsessive -compulsive disorder (OCD). OCD is a persistent and oftentimes disabling disorder marked by unwanted and distressing thoughts…
- Trial name
- NCT03457675
- Testing
- Activa PC+S DBS implant for OCD, One Month Blinded Discontinuation Period
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Effects of tDCS on Apraxia of Speech in Non-Fluent Primary Progressive Aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects first and foremost language abilities. There are three different variants of PPA, each a relatively distinct speech and language profile.
- Trial name
- NCT04486586
- Testing
- Active tDCS plus Speech-Language Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Nicotine Use Disorder, Substance Use Disorders
Temporal Interference Neurostimulation and Addiction
This project aims to develop a line of research using new non-invasive neurostimulation technology to treat adults with opioid use disorders (OUDs).
- Trial name
- NCT04432064
- Testing
- Active TI-NDBS, tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Healthy, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Does Acoustic Stimulation During Sleep Boost Slow Wave Sleep and Memory Performance?
With aging the amount of slow wave sleep decreases drastically and this disruption is markedly exaggerated in older adults suffering from mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- NCT04277104
- Testing
- Closed loop acoustic stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Ageing
Investigating the Effectiveness of a 2-week Novel Non-invasive Brain Stimulation Technique on Cognitive Outcomes in Healthy Adults
The goal of this randomised controlled trial is to investigate the effects of a 2-week high-frequency transcranial pulsed current stimulation (tPCS) on cognitive outcomes in older and healthy adults.
- Conditions
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Ageing, Executive Functioning, Transcranial Electric Stimulation
- Trial name
- NCT06991764
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nanyang Technological University
Language Disorders, Aphasia
The Effect of Non-invasive Brian Stimulation on Language Production in Healthy Older Adults
The use of non-invasive brain stimulation techniques like transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) for rehabilitation of language is a growing field that needs further studies to determine how best it can be used to enhance…
- Conditions
- Language Disorders, Aphasia, Stroke
- Trial name
- NCT04260815
- Testing
- Transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Stroke
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Functional Electrical Stimulation for Upper-limb Rehabilitation After Stroke
The aim of this study is to verify the effectiveness of tDCS combined with FES on upper limb rehabilitation of post-stroke subjects with moderate and severe compromise.
- Trial name
- NCT02818608
- Testing
- Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES), Combination of Transcranial direct brain stimulation (tDCS) and FES
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
Parkinson Disease
Investigation of the Benefits of Electrical Non-invasive Stimulation on Cognitive Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. It is mostly characterized by the presence of motor difficulties.
- Trial name
- STIMPARK (NCT05808504)
- Testing
- Neuropsychological assessment, Neurological assessment, Cognitive task
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Healthy
Mapping Auricular Vagus Nerve Circuitry
This study will determine how noninvasive nerve stimulation affects human brain, stomach, and autonomic activity.
- Trial name
- NCT00200889
- Testing
- active TEAS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Normal Physiology
Development of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Techniques
Background: Noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) may help diagnose and treat psychiatric and neurological illness. But there is not enough research on how to apply NIBS.
- Trial name
- NCT03351764
- Testing
- TMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Spastic Diplegic Cerebral Palsy
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Versus Botulinum Injection on Spasticity on Children With Diplegic Cerebral Palsy
This trial will enroll 75 children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy both matched in age, sex, degree of disability and cognitive functions with the same exclusion criteria undergoing the same physical therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT06218316
- Testing
- botulinum toxin A, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Rehabilitation Training Protocol
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MTI University
Healthy Aging, Memory Disorders in Old Age
Noninvasive Temporal Interference Stimulation: Modulating Associative Memory by Targeting Deep-brain Targets
Alzheimer's disease and its preclinical stages are characterized by progressive neurodegenerative changes in the hippocampi and default mode network resulting in dysfunctions in episodic memory and its central part the…
- Conditions
- Healthy Aging, Memory Disorders in Old Age, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- Deep-HiPs (NCT05805215)
- Testing
- Non-invasive Temporal Interference stimulation and Face-name association training task targeting the hippocampus, Non-invasive Temporal Interference stimulation and Face-name association training task targeting the Precuneus
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Masaryk University
Major Depressive Disorder
A Multimodal Neuroimaging Study of Brain Activation Patterns Under Ketamine
The aim of the project is to establish a multimodal imaging approach for the investigation of the neural mechanisms underlying neuroreceptor regulation, glutamatergic metabolism and brain function that are of particular relevance…
- Trial name
- NCT03609190
- Testing
- Ketamine
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich
Healthy, Mild Cognitive Impairment
tES Effects on Associative Memory Performance
Previous studies showed that transcranial electric stimulation (tES) applied over the prefrontal cortex improves cognitive performance in healthy elderly adults as well as in patients suffering from mild cognitive impairment or…
- Conditions
- Healthy, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- NCT03351452
- Testing
- real anodal transcranial direct current stimulation, real transcranial alternating current stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Traumatic Brain Injury
Relationship Between Attention and Emotional Regulation Post-Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
The purpose of this pilot study is to investigate the relationship between attention and emotional function post-Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in an effort to better understand the cognitive mechanisms of emotional processing in…
- Trial name
- NCT01681589
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulator (TDCS), Control Group, Healthy Control Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Chronic Insomnia
Impact of Insomnia Treatment on Brain Responses During Resting-state and Cognitive Tasks
Individuals with chronic insomnia have persistent difficulty falling and staying asleep, as well as complaints of altered daytime functioning that may be associated with cognitive impairments.
- Trial name
- NCT04024787
- Testing
- Cognitive-Behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Concordia University, Montreal
Stroke
Multisensory Stimulation Exercises And Task Oriented Exercises On Upper Limb Function In Post Stroke Patients.
The objective of the study was to determine the effects of Multisensory stimulation exercises and Task-oriented exercises on upper limb function and to determine the effects of Multisensory stimulation exercises and Task-oriented…
- Trial name
- NCT04807426
- Testing
- Multi Sensory stimulation exercises, Task Oriented Exercises, Task-oriented exercises and Multisensory stimulation Exercises
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University