Clinical trials: tDCS
We Are Not Studying a Disease or Condition
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Modulation of Affect and Pain
This double-blind randomized crossover study aims to examine the effects of left primary motor cortex (M1) tDCS on evoked thermal pain perception, pain-related decision making, and placebo effects by manipulated pain and monetary…
- Trial name
- StimMAP (NCT06989749)
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS, Cathodal tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Trustees of Dartmouth College
Schizophrenia
Efficacy of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Treatment of Cognitive Deficits in Early Stages of Psychosis
Background: Cognitive deficits are a core symptom of schizophrenia even at the early stages of psychosis. To date, there has been reliable evidence that cognitive deficits are associated with outcomes in schizophrenia and early…
- Trial name
- NCT03071484
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto Bairral de Psiquiatria
Cerebrovascular Accident
Augmenting the Effects of Mirror Therapy for Stroke Rehabilitation by tDCS
This project is to evaluate and compare the impact of tDCS stimulation location on augmenting MT effects.
- Trial name
- NCT04655209
- Testing
- apply a-tDCS on the ipsilesional M1 followed by MT (M1-Seq), apply a-tDCS on the ipsilesional PMC followed by MT (PMC-Seq)
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Hand Transplantation, Peripheral Nerve Injuries
Harnessing Neuroplasticity to Enhance Functional Recovery During Chronic Recovery From Upper Extremity Nerve Repair
This study adopts a strategy that has arisen from basic neuroscience research on facilitating adaptive brain plasticity and applies this to rehabilitation to improve functional recovery in peripheral nervous system injuries…
- Conditions
- Hand Transplantation, Peripheral Nerve Injuries, Neurologic Rehabilitation
- Trial name
- NCT03610763
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Modified Constraint Induced Movement Therapy
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Alzheimer Disease
Investigating if a Stronger tDCS Intensity is More Effective for Improving Naming Ability in People Living With Alzheimer's Disease
There is currently little symptomatic therapy for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and nothing effective for individuals with Frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
- Trial name
- NCT05509387
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation and naming training
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Baycrest
Appetite, Binge Eating Behaviour
Effects of Home-Based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Appetite
This randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-design study aims to evaluate the neurophysiological effects of home-based transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on appetite in adults with binge eating…
- Conditions
- Appetite, Binge Eating Behaviour, Food Cravings
- Trial name
- NCT07757438
- Testing
- Active Home-Based tDCS
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Tinnitus, Acute
In This Study, we Are Testing Whether Combining Two Interventions, in the Early Stages of Tinnitus, is More Effective in Quieting Tinnitus Than Using One Treatment Alone in the Later Stages of Tinnitus
Tinnitus affects one in seven adults long-term Once present persistently for 4 weeks, tinnitus does not usually disappear People generally become less aware of, and less affected by, their tinnitus over time Only one in six…
- Trial name
- ATtDCS (NCT07128004)
- Testing
- tDCS, sound therapy
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Newcastle University
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
Aphasia
The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Speech Language Therapy to Improve Language Functioning in Arabic Speakers With Aphasia Post-Stroke
The current planned study is a prospective randomized double-blind, sham-controlled, two parallel-groups, polycentric, phase-I superiority type of trial.
- Trial name
- tES-AR-APHASIA (NCT04644718)
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Imam Abdulrahman Al Faisal Hospital
Subthreshold Depression, Positive Emotions
The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Improving Emotion Health
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate how transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) affects emotion functions in young adults aged 18-35 from the local community, including both male and female participants.
- Conditions
- Subthreshold Depression, Positive Emotions, Negative Emotions, Anhedonia
- Trial name
- NCT07319143
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Healthy
The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Motor Performance in Healthy Adults
to investigate the effect of stimulation intensity on motor performance in healthy adults.
- Trial name
- NCT04577768
- Testing
- HD-tDCS 2 mA, HD-tDCS 1.5 mA
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ariel University
Traumatic Brain Injury
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS) as an Intervention for Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury
The primary aim of this study is to assess the magnitude of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) -induced cognitive and functional change in patients with mild traumatic brain injury.
- Trial name
- NCT02849223
- Testing
- Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Brain Diseases, Central Nervous System Diseases
Investigating the Feasibility of Combining Virtual Reality and Bilateral Transcranial Direct Stimulation to Improve Upper Limb Recovery in Patients With Stroke
Following a stroke, the function of the distal upper limb, especially hand and finger movements, is often severely compromised, significantly restricting the ability to carry out daily activities.
- Conditions
- Brain Diseases, Central Nervous System Diseases, Nervous System Diseases, Stroke
- Trial name
- bi-tDCS+VR (NCT07288385)
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation combined with virtual reality
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- King Saud University
tDCS, Cues Type
tDCS and the Gaze Cueing Effect
This study employs transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to investigate the role of the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in processing gaze and arrow cues.
- Conditions
- tDCS, Cues Type, SOA, Congruency
- Trial name
- NCT07592559
- Testing
- Gaze cues, Arrow cues, SOA 200 ms
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Healthy, Pediatrics
Accelerating Motor Learning in Pediatrics
Non-invasive brain stimulation can both study and potentially treat neurological disorders. Transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) is an emerging safe and tolerability form of stimulation and has been used increasingly…
- Trial name
- AMPED (NCT03193580)
- Testing
- Anodal Conventional tDCS, Anodal High Definition tDCS
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
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
Schizophrenia;Schizoaffective
The Effects of Non-invasive Brain Stimulation on Treatment Adherence in Schizophrenia
This study seeks to explore the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a non-invasive method of brain stimulation, as an adjunctive treatment to improve antipsychotic medication adherence in patients with…
- Trial name
- NCT04033679
- Testing
- Active TDCS
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 106 people
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Major Depressive Disorder
Home-based tDCS in Major Depressive Disorder
The investigators propose a study of telehealth supervised, caregiver-delivered, home-based transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for antidepressant treatment of patients with an acute depressive episode.
- Trial name
- MoodStim (NCT04799405)
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Hebrew SeniorLife
Ataxia, Spinocerebellar Ataxias
Cerebello-Spinal tDCS as Rehabilitative Intervention in Neurodegenerative Ataxia
Neurodegenerative cerebellar ataxias represent a group of disabling disorders which currently lack effective therapies. Cerebellar transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive technique, which has been…
- Conditions
- Ataxia, Spinocerebellar Ataxias, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2
- Trial name
- SCA02 (NCT04153110)
- Testing
- Anodal cerebellar and cathodal spinal tDCS
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia
Neurological Diseases or Conditions
Transcranial Static Field Stimulation (tSMS) and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for the Treatment of Neurological Symptoms.
The presence of damage to the central and/or peripheral nervous system resulting from various pathologies, such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease (PD), Alzheimer's disease (AD)…
- Trial name
- NIBS-tSMS/tDCS (NCT06900959)
- Testing
- transcranial static field stimulation (tSMS) and transcranial (tDCS)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Neuromed IRCCS