Clinical trials: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
Elderly Subjects
Effects of Brain Stimulation During Nocturnal Sleep on Memory Consolidation in Elderly Healthy Subjects
The beneficial effect of nocturnal sleep on memory consolidation is well-documented in young, healthy subjects. Especially, periods rich in slow-wave sleep (SWS) have shown a memory enhancing effect on hippocampus-dependent…
- Trial name
- NCT01791790
- Testing
- Stimulation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Major Depression, Functional Dyspepsia
The Brain-Heart-Gut Connection
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) often co-occurs with cardiovascular and gastrointestinal symptoms, highlighting the importance of the brain-heart-gut connection in developing comprehensive treatments.
- Conditions
- Major Depression, Functional Dyspepsia, Autonomous Dysfunction
- Trial name
- BHG-CONNECT (NCT06748274)
- Testing
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), High-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Pain Perception, Pain Acute
Effect of Hypnosis Combined to Transcranial Direct Stimulation in Pain
Pain is a public health condition, which causes great functional disability. Its consequences pervade the personal and social life of the patient, leading to significant changes in their interpersonal relationships, including…
- Trial name
- NCT03744897
- Testing
- Hypnotic analgesia, a-tDCS, Hypnotic analgesia + a-tDCS
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Healthy
Activating and Identifying Neural Responses to Social Rejection: a Combined tDCS and fMRI Study
This research study identifies neural pathways regulating negative moods during rejection by combining transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and fMRI in a sample of healthy controls.
- Trial name
- NCT02739789
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stony Brook 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
How Does Cerebellar tDCS Alter Intracortical Inhibition Over Time?
Combining cortical tDCS with behavioral interventions has been shown to have beneficial outcomes in individuals post-stroke. However, cerebellar tDCS is a fairly new approach for individuals with unilateral cortical stroke and…
- Trial name
- NCT06384495
- Testing
- REAL-A, REAL-C
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD
TDCS-Augmented Prolonged Exposure Therapy
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of a brain stimulation technique known as transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS, on the benefits of Prolonged Exposure therapy, or PE, which is an effective…
- Conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Anxiety, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT04327362
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Prolonged Exposure Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Healthy Adults
Investigating Memory Retrieval Improvement in Healthy Subjects
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether learning can be accelerated and associative memory performance improved in healthy subjects by applying transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) during a Face Name memory…
- Trial name
- NCT03312920
- Testing
- active anodal tDCS, active cathodal tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Memory Impairment
The Effect of tES on a Cognitive Training
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) on a cognitive training in healthy elderly and memory impaired participants.
- Trial name
- NCT03475446
- Testing
- real anodal tDCS healthy elderly, real tACS healthy elderly, real anodal tDCS MCI
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Insulin Resistance, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Improving Insulin Sensitivity by Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
Efforts in curing and preventing obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) have been elusive thus far. One reason for that is the lack of understanding of the role of the brain in the development and treatment of the disease.
- Conditions
- Insulin Resistance, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Obesity, Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT04420650
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen
Convergence Insufficiency
Non-invasive Brain Stimulation for Treating Symptomatic Convergence Insufficiency
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to test the effectiveness of non-invasive brain stimulation in treating adults with symptomatic convergence insufficiency compared to vergence/accommodative therapy.
- Trial name
- NIBSCI (NCT05877560)
- Testing
- Anodal-Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Office-Based Vergence/Accommodative Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Midwestern University
Rheumatic Arthritis, Chronic Pain
Effect of Home-Based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Pain in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis With Low Inflammatory Activity
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a highly complex inflammatory autoimmune disease. Several drugs have been developed in recent decades to target the immune components of inflammation.
- Trial name
- tDCS RA (NCT07162311)
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Aging
SMART Stimulation: Precision Neuromodulation of Cognition in Older Adults
The current study will investigate methods for enhancing cognitive training (CT) effects in healthy older adults by employing a combination of interventions facilitating neural plasticity and optimizing readiness for learning.
- Trial name
- NCT05377411
- Testing
- tDCS, cognitive training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Extinction in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is associated with substantial impairments in quality of life and is among the most disabling psychiatric disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT06834217
- Testing
- Active transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Cerebral Microangiopathy, CADASIL
Impact of tDCS on Cerebral Autoregulation
The aim of the study is to investigate whether there is a polarity-specific influence of tDCS on cerebral vasomotor reactivity monitored by transcranial doppler sonography.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Microangiopathy, CADASIL, Migraine With Aura, ICA Stenosis
- Trial name
- NCT01865604
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS, Cathodal tDCS
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
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
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Multimodal Investigation of Neural Plasticity
This study will evaluate the effects of a form of non-invasive brain stimulation on brain functioning and memory in cognitively intact older adults (healthy controls, HC) and in those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
- Trial name
- miniSTIM (NCT06453980)
- Testing
- active tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Hyperphagia, Prader-Willi Syndrome
Pilot Study of Startle-response Test to Assess Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation-induced Modulation of Hyperphagia in Prader-Willi Syndrome
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as it modifies hyperphagia in obese subjects, non-obese subjects, and subjects with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS).
- Trial name
- NCT01863017
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Hemorrhagic Stroke, Hemiparesis
Dual Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (dTDCS)-Enhanced Therapy After Hemorrhagic Strokes and VEGF
This study will evaluate the feasibility of dual tDCS to improve arm motor function in chronic stroke patients. In addition it will collect pilot data on the blood biomarkers associated with treatment effect.
- Trial name
- NCT03857243
- Testing
- dual transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy
Neural and Immune Correlates of CIPN and Possible Analgesic Effect of Non-invasive Motor Cortex Stimulation
Over half of cancer patients receiving common chemotherapy treatments experience painful nerve damage called chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN).
- Trial name
- NIBS4CIPN (NCT06522685)
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation Soterix REMOTE 1x1 miniCT
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Morgan State University