Clinical trials: TACS
Law Enforcement Officers
Virtual Reality and tACS for Performance Enhancement
The chronic stress of police work may reduce human performance through increases in anxiety, depression, pain, and insomnia. Land's End VR may teach mindful meditation that is associated with reduced anxiety, depression, pain…
- Trial name
- NCT03636126
- Testing
- VR + TACS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor Research Institute
Guided Bone Regeneration
Evaluation of Horizontal Bone Gain in the Lower Posterior Partially Edentulous Patient Comparing the Stabilization of Membranes With and Without Tacs
To address the gap of knowledge in comparing between the bone augmentation outcomes with or without tacks for membrane stabilization
- Trial name
- NCT06257225
- Testing
- Guided Bone regeneration
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Stroke
Modulation of Cortical Gamma Synchrony in Stroke
In the last decades, the research in neuroimaging-informed stroke prognosis and treatment has had a little clinical impact, often because of the costs of bringing complex procedures to the bedside.
- Trial name
- GAMMASTROKE (NCT05830617)
- Testing
- real tACS
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Camillo, Venezia, Italy
Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia, Cognition Function
tACS to Improve Negative Symptoms & Cognition in Long-term Hospitalized Schizophrenia Patients.
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on negative symptoms and cognitive function in long-term hospitalized patients with schizophrenia.
- Trial name
- NCT07074704
- Testing
- Hi-tACS
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tongji University
Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity (ADHD)
Gamma tACS in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by symptoms of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity.
- Trial name
- NCT07145593
- Testing
- Application tACS- 80 Hz, Application tACS -40 Hz, Application TACS - (6-80 Hz)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medipol University
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease
Understanding Brain Mechanisms Involved in Autobiographical Memory
The overall objective of this project is to characterize the spatiotemporal dynamics of brain oscillations underpinning autobiographical memory (ABM) and the modulation of the memory network using non-invasive brain stimulation.
- Conditions
- Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease, Memory Loss
- Trial name
- NCT05710549
- Testing
- high-density electroencephalography (hdEEG), Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lucie Bréchet
Hemianopsia
Therapeutic Effects of Transcranial Alternative Current Stimulation (tACS) in Chronic Post Stroke Hemianopia
Background: The most common visual field deficit after retro-chiasmatic lesions is homonymous hemianopia (HH), defined as the impossibility of seeing the contralesional visual hemisphere without ocular injury.
- Trial name
- HEMIANOTACS (NCT04043689)
- Testing
- tACS (transcranial Alternate Current Stimulation)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Alzheimer Disease, Memory Loss
Home-based Brain Stimulation for Memory
The proposed project aims to systematically examine the feasibility of remote, caregiver-led tACS for older adults who are vulnerable to memory decline.
- Trial name
- MemStim-home (NCT04783350)
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hebrew SeniorLife
Health Adult Subjects
Effect of Different Currents for Transcranial Modulation of the Sensorimotor Corticospinal Pathway in Healthy Subjects
Transcranial modulation of the corticospinal sensorimotor pathway is a promising approach in neuroscientic functions. Among the techniques used, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), transcranial alternating current…
- Trial name
- CURRENT-Flow (NCT07831525)
- Testing
- Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Transcranial Random Noise Stimulation (tRNS)
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
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
Adults With Variability in Their Mood
Restorative Neurophysiology: Backing up and Restoring the Brain (BandR)
Study to examine the extent to which neurophysiological states recorded for a specific person on one day can be induced on a subsequent day
- Trial name
- BandR (NCT07252011)
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), Neuro/biofeedback, Recall
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Understand the Effects of tACS on the Brain
Investigating Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) Preconditioning Effects on Resting and Active Motor Threshold
Previous studies have looked at the potential of using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to prime the brain in order to lower the resting motor threshold.
- Trial name
- NCT05503823
- Testing
- tACS or tRNS and TMS
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Healthy
Effects of Alpha tACS
**Follow-up Control Study for Creativity Study Purpose: To investigate the effect of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), a form of noninvasive brain stimulation, in healthy subjects.
- Trial name
- PACS (NCT03135639)
- Testing
- NeuroConn Plus Stimulator tACS
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Tremor, Limb
Effects of High Amplitude and Focused tACS on Entraining Physiological Tremor
Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) is a noninvasive neuromodulation method that works by passing alternating electric current between electrodes where at least one of them is attached to the head.
- Trial name
- NCT03337334
- Testing
- tACS at tremor frequency
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Electric Stimulation Therapy, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Enhancing Speech Intelligibility Using Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS)
This study contributes to fundamental research investigating the role of the articulatory-motor integration and cerebro-acoustic coherence in speech comprehension.
- Trial name
- StimSpeechCom (NCT04036630)
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) induced motor-evoked potentials (MEPs)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Healthy
Consciousness Transcranial Alternative Electric STimulation
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) at theta frequency and the the effect of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on the conscious access to visual…
- Trial name
- CONTEST_1 (NCT03574883)
- Testing
- tACS, tDCS
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Parkinson Disease
tACS Modulates Speech and Cognitive Impairments in People With PD by Targeting the Medial Frontal Cortex
This clinical trial aims to study whether transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) applied to the medial frontal cortex (MFC) can improve speech and cognitive function in people with Parkinson's disease (PD), and to…
- Trial name
- NCT07240272
- Testing
- 6Hz-tACS
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ke Dong, MD
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Improvement of Memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment
The Clinical Trial will systematically examine the feasibility of remote, caregiver-led tACS for older adults with memory deficits and evaluate whether repeated tACS leads to sustained improvement of neuronal activity and memory…
- Trial name
- NCT05708001
- Testing
- transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), high-density electroencephalography (hdEEG), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lucie Bréchet
Antenatal Depression, Major Depressive Disorder
Pilot Study of Personalized Aperiodic Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation in Antenatal Depression (PandA-tACS)
The purpose of this study is to develop the safety, feasibility, and tolerability of a personalized transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) approach in antenatal depression.
- Conditions
- Antenatal Depression, Major Depressive Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder in Pregnancy, Healthy Controls
- Trial name
- PandA-tACS (NCT06979154)
- Testing
- tACS (aperiodic)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Psychosis, Schizophrenia
Targeting Individual Alpha Frequencies to Enhance Perceptual Timing
This is a single-blind randomized within-subject crossover design study that will be conducted in 2 phases. In Phase 1, up to 50 participants, after signing informed consent and determining eligibility, will undergo a baseline…
- Conditions
- Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Schizo Affective Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT04856657
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota