Clinical trials: Transcranial Electrical Stimulation
Healthy, Brain Stimulation
Effects of Transcranial Electrical Stimulation on Task Performance in Healthy Adults
The objective of this randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, crossover study is to evaluate the effects of transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) on complex cognitive task performance in healthy adult volunteers.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Brain Stimulation, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Cognition
- Trial name
- BRAIN-STIM (NCT06995560)
- Testing
- Active Transcranial Electrical Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Ageing
Investigating the Effectiveness of a 2-week Novel Non-invasive Brain Stimulation Technique on Cognitive Outcomes in Healthy Adults
The goal of this randomised controlled trial is to investigate the effects of a 2-week high-frequency transcranial pulsed current stimulation (tPCS) on cognitive outcomes in older and healthy adults.
- Conditions
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Ageing, Executive Functioning, Transcranial Electric Stimulation
- Trial name
- NCT06991764
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nanyang Technological University
Stroke
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Functional Electrical Stimulation for Upper-limb Rehabilitation After Stroke
The aim of this study is to verify the effectiveness of tDCS combined with FES on upper limb rehabilitation of post-stroke subjects with moderate and severe compromise.
- Trial name
- NCT02818608
- Testing
- Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES), Combination of Transcranial direct brain stimulation (tDCS) and FES
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
Parkinson Disease
Investigation of the Benefits of Electrical Non-invasive Stimulation on Cognitive Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. It is mostly characterized by the presence of motor difficulties.
- Trial name
- STIMPARK (NCT05808504)
- Testing
- Neuropsychological assessment, Neurological assessment, Cognitive task
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Healthy, Mild Cognitive Impairment
tES Effects on Associative Memory Performance
Previous studies showed that transcranial electric stimulation (tES) applied over the prefrontal cortex improves cognitive performance in healthy elderly adults as well as in patients suffering from mild cognitive impairment or…
- Conditions
- Healthy, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- NCT03351452
- Testing
- real anodal transcranial direct current stimulation, real transcranial alternating current stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Mechanism and Dosimetry Exploration in TES Magnetic Resonance Current Mapping Methods
In this study the investigators will explore dosimetry in transcranial electrical stimulation using a novel magnetic resonance imaging technique that can determine how electrical stimulation distributes within the brain.
- Trial name
- TES (NCT03772210)
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 123 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Fibromyalgia
Effects of tDCS on People With Fibromyalgia
People with fibromyalgia could experience physical and cognitive impairment as well as higher dual-task cost than healthy people when two tasks are performed simultaneously.
- Trial name
- NCT05266989
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Extremadura
Language Development, Learning
Brain Stimulation Paired With Structured Language Learning in Adults
This study investigates whether transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) delivered during structured language-learning sessions affects the rate and quality of second-language acquisition in adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07762118
- Testing
- Active transcranial electrical stimulation (tES)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- General Neuro Inc.
Low Back Pain
Corticospinal and Motor Behavior Responses After Physical Therapy Intervention in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain.
This study aims to 1) determine the immediate effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on corticospinal excitability, lumbar multifidus muscle (LM) activation, as well as lumbar stability in patients with chronic…
- Trial name
- NCT05156242
- Testing
- Active-tDCS priming MCE, NMES priming MCE, Conventional physical therapy
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mahidol University
Performance Enhancing Product Use, Sleep
Optimizing Volunteer Comfort for Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (TES): An Assessment
Transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) utilizing weak electrical fields (<5 milliamps of current - as proposed in the present pilot study) is an extremely safe therapeutic technique in use for over 40 years.
- Trial name
- TES (NCT04474015)
- Testing
- transcranial electric stimulation
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command
Sleep
The Effect of Pre-Frontal tDCS on Sleep Propensity During an Afternoon Nap: RCT
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a safe, non-invasive brain stimulation technology that has demonstrated the ability to temporarily increase or decrease activity in specific regions of the brain.
- Trial name
- NCT02176785
- Testing
- transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Dyslexia, Developmental, Reading
Enhancing Letter-Speech Sound Learning and Reading Network Activation With Transcranial Electrical Stimulation
This study investigates the effects of transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) on the brain and its potential to enhance reading-related learning.
- Conditions
- Dyslexia, Developmental, Reading, Dyslexia, Learning
- Trial name
- LexiStim (NCT07546292)
- Testing
- Transcranial random noise stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Silvia Brem
Developmental Dyslexia
V5/MT Stimulation on Reading and Reading-related Measures in Developmental Dyslexia
The present study grounds on the absence of evidence-based treatment in individuals with developmental dyslexia (DD). At this topic, the present study will explore the potential effect of transcranial direct current stimulation…
- Trial name
- NCT05972200
- Testing
- Active HD-tDCS over V5/MT, Active HD-tDCS over V1
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute
Sleep Disturbance, Insomnia
Closed Loop TES for Enhancing Slow Wave Sleep
Compare closed-loop with open-loop application of TES to enhance slow waves of sleep.
- Trial name
- NCT03751982
- Testing
- Transcranial Electrical Neuromodulation (TES)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brain Electrophysiology Laboratory Company
Stuttering
Shaping Motor Neural Functioning of Developmental Stuttering to Improve Fluency
Developmental stuttering (DS) is a motor/speech disorder, characterized by specific alterations in the functioning of brain circuits.
- Trial name
- NCT05306782
- Testing
- transcranial Electrical Stimulation, Speech Therapy
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS San Camillo, Venezia, Italy
Fall, Gait, Unsteady
Non-invasive Brain Stimulation to Improve Unsteady Gait in Older Adults (StimGait)
Walking is a complex and continuous task that entails repetitive motions of the body. Relatively high gait variability sensitively predicts falls and cognitive decline in older adults.
- Conditions
- Fall, Gait, Unsteady, Mobility Limitation
- Trial name
- NCT06008431
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) (active)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hebrew SeniorLife
Healthy
Influence of Transcranial Direct Stimulation Current on Motor Learning of Young Adults
Motor learning occurs with structural and functional modifications in neural networks that meet a certain demand. The improvement of performance in diverse activities is a measure of learning, as well as the generalization and…
- Trial name
- NCT03157869
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Simulated
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
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
Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Combined Therapeutic Air Mixture and Electrical Stimulation to Improve Breathing and Hand Function in Spinal Cord Injury
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether people with paralysis due to a spinal cord injury can benefit from breathing short intermittent bouts of air with low oxygen (O2) combined with slightly higher levels of…
- Trial name
- AIHH+tSCS (NCT06101199)
- Testing
- Acute Intermittent Hypercapnic Hypoxia, Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Parkinson Disease
Modulation of Cognitive Control Via Transcranial Continuous Electrical Stimulation of Additional Motor Areas in Parkinson's Patients
In Parkinson's disease (PD), recent work has shown that dopaminergic treatments alter one of the two aspects of impulsivity: they do not alter the propensity to produce "automatic" responses, but deteriorate the ability to…
- Trial name
- STAR-PARK (NCT04897633)
- Testing
- transcranial electric stimulation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille