Clinical trials: Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
Epilepsy
fMRI Guided TMS Enhancement of Associative Memory Networks
This is a randomized, single-blinded, controlled phase 1 study to demonstrate feasibility and explore the neurophysiologic and clinical effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) interventions in epilepsy…
- Trial name
- NCT02749422
- Testing
- MagStim RapidStim2
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Self-Injurious Behavior, Self Harm
Treating Self Injurious Behavior: A Novel Brain Stimulation Approach
The purpose of this study is to explore the tolerability and effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a potential treatment for non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI).
- Conditions
- Self-Injurious Behavior, Self Harm, Self-injury, Self-inflicted Injury
- Trial name
- NCT04244786
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation, No intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Stuttering, Adult
Bihemispheric Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation* on Speech Fluency
It will be determined whether bihemispheric stimulation (anodal to the left IFG and cathodal to the right IFG) is used with fluency-facilitating conditions for 5 consecutive days in individuals with stuttering and whether there…
- Trial name
- TDCS (NCT06278233)
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Biruni University
Parkinson Disease, Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism
STEM-PD Open Label Extension (OLE)
This study seeks to establish the safety and efficacy of extended twice daily time-varying caloric vestibular stimulation treatments for treating symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease.
- Trial name
- NCT04799418
- Testing
- Open Label Extension Study
- Where
- 15 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 148 people
- Sponsor
- Scion NeuroStim
Phantom Limb Pain
Predicting Pain Response to Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Phantom Limb Pain in Limb Amputees
This study explores the effects transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS, Soterix ©) on Phantom Limb Pain for patients experiencing chronic phantom limb pain in open-label study design.
- Trial name
- NCT02627495
- Testing
- transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS): (Soterix ©)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Treating Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) Using tDCS
This is a double-blind, sham-controlled, crossover study in which subjects with the non-fluent/agrammatic and semantic variants of primary progressive aphasia (naPPA and svPPA, respectively) will undergo language testing and…
- Trial name
- NCT04566731
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Modified Contraint-Induced Language Therapy (mCILT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Migraine
Non-Invasive Neurostimulation For the Relief of Symptoms Associated With Migraine
The purpose of this pilot study is to assess feasibility and clarify the design of future study(ies) to support marketing approval of the GammaCore™ device for the treatment and/or prevention of migraine symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT01532830
- Testing
- n-VNS
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- ElectroCore INC
Schizophrenia, Psychosis
Prefrontal Cortical Engagement Through Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation in Schizophrenia
Cognitive impairments in schizophrenia are the most debilitating aspect of the illness and poorly treated by current medications.
- Trial name
- NCT02975973
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Acute Lung Injury
Non-invasive Vagal Neurostimulation (nVNS) for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)-Induced Acute Respiratory Distress
This is a prospective, randomized, two-arm, controlled 30-day investigational pilot trial using the gammaCore Sapphire S non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) device + standard of care (SOC) in newly-hospitalized patients…
- Conditions
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Acute Lung Injury, Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trial name
- NCT04935697
- Testing
- nVNS, SOC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Allegheny Singer Research Institute (also known as Allegheny Health Network Research Institute)
Healthy
The Effect of Brain Anatomy on the Efficacy of Brain Stimulation Therapy
The purpose of this research study is to determine whether brain anatomy impacts the efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) which is a form of non-invasive brain stimulation.
- Trial name
- NCT04586387
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Healthy Volunteers
Temporal Interference Methods for Non-invasive Deep Brain Stimulation, Study 1.2
In its totality, this grant aims to develop a line of research using temporal interference (TI) electrical neurostimulation technology to understand the causal role of deep brain structures in cognition.
- Trial name
- NCT07339072
- Testing
- Temporal Interference (TI) Electrical Stimulation - NAcc 5 Hz TI Active, Temporal Interference (TI) Electrical Stimulation - NAcc 10 Hz TI Active
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Alcohol Use Disorder, Eligible to go Into the MRI Scanner
Clinical Intervention in Alcohol Use Disorder
Long-term abstinence from alcohol is supported by a compensatory mechanism in functional brain connectivity, a potential brain biomarker that could be an intervention target.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Use Disorder, Eligible to go Into the MRI Scanner, Short-term Abstinence From Alcohol Use (2 Week Abstinent)
- Trial name
- NCT02168400
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 86 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Parkinson's Disease
Temporal Interference Stimulation on Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a type of brain stimulation called transcranial temporal interference stimulation (TIS) of the internal globus pallidus (GPi) can help improve movement symptoms in people with…
- Trial name
- NCT07309198
- Testing
- Transcranial Temporal Interference Stimulation (TIS)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Shanghai University of Sport
Pain, Migraine
Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Treatment for Gulf Veterans With Gulf War Illness
The researchers propose studying Gulf veterans with Gulf War Illness (GWI), characterized by a problem with widespread pain. Besides their pain, the researchers will also assess the effect of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in…
- Trial name
- NCT02791893
- Testing
- VNS device, Inactive device
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- Benjamin Natelson
Opioid-use Disorder
Using Combined EEG and Non-invasive Brain Stimulation to Examine and Improve Reward Functioning in Opioid Use Disorder
The primary aims of this study are to identify impaired cognitive control in opioid use disorder (OUD) and subsequently to examine the effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on reward processing, as measured by the…
- Trial name
- NCT04432493
- Testing
- Active repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers University
Stroke, Hemiparesis
Perinatal Stroke: Understanding Brain Reorganization
The incidence of perinatal stroke is relatively common, as high as 1 in 2,300 births, but little is known about the resulting changes in the brain that eventually manifest as cerebral palsy (CP).
- Trial name
- NCT02743728
- Testing
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, General Movement Assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Stroke, Aphasia
Evaluating Anodal tDCS Preceding Aphasia Therapy
The purpose of this study is to determine if non-invasive brain stimulation (transcranial direct current stimulation) delivered prior to language therapy will improve word-finding in individuals with aphasia who are 6 months or…
- Trial name
- NCT02249819
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
OCD
Rapid Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation for OCD (oTMS)
The purpose of this study is to understand how cortical stimulation affects Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT03404609
- Testing
- MagPro X100 by MagVenture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Enhancing Cognitive Control in Mild Cognitive Impairment Via Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
The overall goal of this project is to improve cognitive control abilities in adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) through a form of non-invasive brain stimulation, transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS).
- Trial name
- NCT04647032
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Chronic Cluster Headache
Prevention and Acute Treatment of Chronic Cluster Headache Compared to Standard of Care
Subjects enrolled into this 10 week study will for the first two weeks document the number of cluster headaches and the means of treating (medication) of these attacks. Subjects will then be randomized to into either two groups.
- Trial name
- NCT01701245
- Testing
- GammaCore
- Where
- 10 sites in Belgium, Germany and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 97 people
- Sponsor
- ElectroCore INC