Clinical trials: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Nicotine Addiction
tDCS Effects on Resisting Smoking: Dose Ranging Study
Behaviors such as tobacco use, unhealthy diet, and sedentary behavior have far-reaching health implications. These modifiable behaviors account for a substantial proportion of deaths from cancer, cardiovascular disease and…
- Trial name
- RDR (NCT02624284)
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Working Memory Deficits
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Working Memory in College Going Students
Working memory deficiencies, might make it difficult for students to recall instructions, complete complex activities, and grasp and follow directions solving a math problem or writing a sentence.
- Trial name
- NCT05737498
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maharishi Markendeswar University (Deemed to be University)
Healthy Volunteers
Effects of tDCS on Anaerobic Power of Lower Limb Muscles
Anaerobic power and capacity are essential in many human activities, especially during sports practice that demand a high strength and power of the limbs.
- Trial name
- NCT04467476
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal do Piauí
Eating Behavior
Effect of tDCS Montage on Measures of Appetite
The aim is to validate a new sham (control) method for use in transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) that is less discernible to participants from the real condition.
- Trial name
- NCT03396549
- Testing
- real tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Healthy
Cognitive Stimulation Study
This study will evaluate the influence of non-invasive brain stimulation on different elements of cognitive function in healthy persons between the ages of 18-90 years.
- Trial name
- CogStim (NCT02067689)
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Cancer-related Fatigue, Neuromodulation
tDCS for Cancer-Related Fatigue and Weakness
This pilot study investigates the effectiveness of non-invasive brain stimulation (tDCS) in alleviating cancer-related fatigue (CRF) and muscle weakness.
- Trial name
- NCT07159100
- Testing
- Active tDCS + elbow flexion exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
Healthy
At Home Brain Stimulation Studies of Memory and Memory Awareness
The main goal of this research is to determine the role of several brain regions in memory processes and cognitive functions. Participants will be remotely supervised via video chat while self-administering tDCS, a form of…
- Trial name
- remTDCS (NCT04749719)
- Testing
- remotely supervised transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
Primary Progressive Aphasia, MCI
tDCS Intervention in Primary Progressive Aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects first and foremost language abilities. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is slowly progressive decline in a single domain of cognition (e.g.
- Conditions
- Primary Progressive Aphasia, MCI, FTD
- Trial name
- NCT02606422
- Testing
- Active HD-tDCS plus Speech-Language Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Enhance Cognition in Mild Cognitive Impairment
The study will examine whether the effects of computerized brain training are enhanced when training is combined with mild brain stimulation in patients with mild cognitive impairment.
- Trial name
- NCT01653431
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of New South Wales
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Sustaining Aviator Performance During Extended Operational Flight
Future aviation operations are anticipated to change as advances in technology enable automation of more tasks. Development of new platforms under the Future Vertical Lift program are also anticipated to change the nature of…
- Trial name
- NCT04697901
- Testing
- Active Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory
Physiology
Physiopathology of Lower Cortical Activation in COPD Patients: Contribution of Cortical Neuromodulation
Patients with COPD have lower cortical activation and higher cortical inhibitory levels. The purpose of this study is to test the reversibility the lower cortical activation by counterbalancing the increased cortical inhibitory…
- Trial name
- NCT03368703
- Testing
- Anodal transcranial direct-current-stimulation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- 5 Santé
Stroke
Manual Dexterity Control After Cerebellar Stimulation
This study will assess the putative advantages of cerebellar stimulation on motor learning abilities of stroke patients. In order to have a control group to refer to, the effect of cerebellar stimulation on healthy young and old…
- Trial name
- MADECCS (NCT03092570)
- Testing
- With stimulation, No stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier St Anne
Cognitive Flexibility
Modulation of Cognitive Flexibility by Tyrosine Depletion and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) and dopamine (DA) have been implicated in the control of cognitive flexibility. However, while a great deal of what it is know regarding a causative relationship between cognitive…
- Trial name
- NCT03462303
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS and tyrosine depleted drink, Anodal tDCS and balanced drink
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheffield Hallam University
Stroke
Association Between the tDCS and FDS for Gait Rehabilitation After Stroke
The aim of this study is to verify the effectiveness of tDCS combined with foot drop stimulation (FDS) on gait rehabilitation of post-stroke subjects with mild and moderate compromise.
- Trial name
- NCT04077814
- Testing
- Foot Drop Stimulatio - Neuro Orthosis, Transcranial direct brain stimulation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
Depression
Interference With Cognitive Control by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Insufficient cognitive control over emotional distracters is characteristic for major depressive disorder (MDD). Hypoactivation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) is associated with this deficit.
- Trial name
- NCT01903538
- Testing
- Cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen
Alzheimer Disease, Mild Cognitive Impairment
Enhancing Memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease
The investigators have developed a low-risk transcranial Electrical Stimulation (tES) treatment that has improved learning and performance in young adults up to nearly 4 times when compared with a sham control.
- Trial name
- MEMORI (NCT05077826)
- Testing
- North Coast Medical Activadose II
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Mind Research Network