Clinical trials: Closed-loop Brain Stimulation
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Dementia (AD)
Closed-Loop Brain Stimulation as a Potential Intervention for Cognitive Decline
The goal of this clinical study is to investigate the effectiveness of non-invasive stimulation to enhance cognitive control abilities in older adults with and without cognitive impairment.
- Trial name
- NCT05907343
- Testing
- Closed-loop TBS, Open-loop TBS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Aging, Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
Memory Enhancement in Aging With Optimal Dosing
This project optimizes high-resolution transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) to improve memory in healthy older adults, advancing drug-free approaches for Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD).
- Conditions
- Aging, Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Memory
- Trial name
- NCT07461584
- Testing
- 1-day patterned tACS, 3-day patterned tACS, 5-day patterned tACS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
Epilepsy, Seizures
Closed-loop System Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for Epilepsy
In this pilot study, the researchers investigated the feasibility of a closed-loop electroencephalography (EEG) / transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) system for treatment of epilepsy.
- Trial name
- NCT01415362
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Closed-loop Brain Stimulation
Closed-loop tES-non-invasive Stimulation
The goal of this study is to establish if non-invasive closed-loop neuromodulation is an effective approach to enhance cognitive function in healthy 18-40 years old volunteers.
- Trial name
- CLIBM (NCT07671079)
- Testing
- Transcranial low intensity focused ultrasound (FUS), transcranial electrical stimulation, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
MCI
Personalized Closed-Loop Brain Stimulation for Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment
This research study investigates the feasibility and efficacy of a personalized, closed-loop electroencephalogram-transcranial electrical stimulation (EEG-tES) intervention for individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)…
- Trial name
- NCT07512193
- Testing
- Active tES, Cognitive Interventions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Stroke
A Closed-loop Brain-computer Interface for Stroke
It may be hard to acquire stable sensorimotor rhythm from the affected motor cortex for patient without a response of paretic hand.
- Trial name
- NCT04465786
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Sleep, Insomnia
Modulation of Sleep Perception Through Auditory Closed-loop Stimulation of Brain Oscillatory Activity
Sleep is ubiquitous in animals and humans, and disruptions are of high clinical importance. Still, the neural basis of sleep perception is insufficiently understood, which limits the development of new treatments.
- Trial name
- NCT04276064
- Testing
- Auditory closed-loop stimulation: slow oscillation boosting, Auditory closed-loop stimulation: slow oscillation disruption
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Christoph Nissen
Sleep Disturbance, Stress, Psychological
Wearable Neural Interfacing System for REM Sleep Restoration and Enhancement
This study evaluates a wearable system (NEUSleeP) that combines overnight EEG recording with transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) targeted to deep brain structures involved in REM sleep regulation (e.g., subthalamic nucleus).
- Conditions
- Sleep Disturbance, Stress, Psychological, REM Sleep Measurement
- Trial name
- NEUSleeP (NCT07190287)
- Testing
- NEUSleeP system (FUS-EEG wearable device), BrainSonix Pulsar 1002
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Epilepsy
Stimulation of Sleep in Patients With Epilepsy
Sleep slow waves (SSW) and the pathophysiological mechanisms of spike generation in patients with epilepsy are tightly linked. SSW are cortically generated oscillations (~1 Hz) alternating between a hyperpolarized down-state…
- Trial name
- NCT04716673
- Testing
- Down-phase targeted auditory stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Children's Hospital, Zurich
Novel Method for Transcranial Brain Stimulation
Phase Locked TRanscranial Electrical EXcitation
Transcranial current stimulation (tCS) has been extensively studied due to its potential of selectively stimulate brain regions in a non-invasive way.
- Trial name
- T-REEX (NCT05847829)
- Testing
- T-REEX algorithm
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stichting IMEC-NL
Non-invasive Brain Stimulation, Methodologic Study
Closed-loop Non-invasive Brain Stiumlation
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a widely used tool for exploring brain function in humans (Siebner et al. et al., 2022), which has led to new therapeutics for various psychiatric and neurological disorders (Lefaucheur…
- Trial name
- CLOSEDLOOP (NCT06600217)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Grenoble
Major Depression, Sleep
Sleep TMS for Depression
The goal of this study is to establish the feasibility, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of sleep-state transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for enhancing plasticity in depression treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT06824415
- Testing
- TMS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Aging, Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
Memory Enhancement in Aging With Closed-Loop tACS
This project optimizes high-resolution tACS to improve memory in healthy older adults, advancing drug-free approaches for ADRD. We test stimulation schedules and develop an adaptive, brain-guided tACS system to strengthen…
- Conditions
- Aging, Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Memory
- Trial name
- NCT07722598
- Testing
- Peak Frequency, Phase Lag, Peak Frequency + Phase Lag
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus