Clinical trials: tDCS, completed
Dyspnea
Effect of Non Invasive Brain Stimulation on Experimentally Induced Dyspnea (Breathlessness)
Dyspnea is a frequent, mostly unpleasant and long-lasting, but also often undertreated symptom. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a new non invasive method to modify brain activation has shown good efficacy in the…
- Trial name
- tDCS-Dyspnea (NCT01892553)
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre d'Investigation Clinique et Technologique 805
Cognitive Fatigue
Cause and Consequence of Neural Fatigue
While the scientific community understands quite well why muscles ache after prolonged exercise, the origins of mental fatigue remain totally mysterious.
- Trial name
- Fatstim (NCT02721745)
- Testing
- Natural Fatigue, tDCS, TMS
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 216 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Fibromyalgia
Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Associated With Aerobic Exercise Training for Patients With Fibromyalgia
This study consists of a randomized, double-blind, clinical trial with two months' duration of follow-up. The variable used was the VAS for pain, considering the values of any difference between the data before and after…
- Trial name
- NCT02358902
- Testing
- tDCS, active intervention of aerobic exercise
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Stroke, Aging
Enhancing Sleep Dependent Consolidation by Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
Stroke, one of the most common causes for acquired adult disability, is not only a burden for the individual but also for his or her close relatives and caregivers.
- Trial name
- E-ConS (NCT05843656)
- Testing
- Non-invasive brain stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Friedhelm Hummel
Healthy Adults
Stimulating the Social Brain
This study investigates whether the way in which individuals process social stimuli can be altered, and specifically, whether feelings of paranoia and suspiciousness can be reduced by stimulating the brain's regulatory regions…
- Trial name
- NCT03374631
- Testing
- active anodal tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Stuttering, Developmental
Investigating Non-invasive Brain Stimulation to Enhance Fluency in People Who Stutter
This study aims to test whether the application of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) concurrent with fluency training results in improvements in speech fluency in adults with developmental stuttering, measured up to…
- Trial name
- INSTEP (NCT03335722)
- Testing
- Metronome-timed speech, Active tDCS
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Motivation in Healthy Older Adults
Frontopolar Cortex and Motivation in Healthy Older Adults
Motivation represents a core aspect of goal-directed behavior as it determines how much effort individuals are willing to invest to reach their goals.
- Trial name
- NCT03197181
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Cervical Spinal Cord Injruy
Improving SCI Rehabilitation Interventions by Retraining the Brain
The Long-term goal of this project is to develop upper limb rehabilitation interventions that can be utilized for cervical Spinal Cord Injury survivors.
- Trial name
- NCT03892746
- Testing
- Active tDCS + task oriented practice
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
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
Schizophrenia
Brain Stimulation, Clinical Symptoms and Cognition
The purpose of this study is to test the impact of non-invasive brain stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), on auditory hallucinations, negative symptoms and cognition in schizophrenia.
- Trial name
- NCT05053451
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
tDCS, Golf Specific Performance
Wearable tDCS and Acute Golf Shot Performance
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been investigated as an ergogenic aid for two decades, but most sport evidence comes from laboratory stimulators operated by experimenters.
- Conditions
- tDCS, Golf Specific Performance, Athletic Performance Enhancement, Healthy Volunteer
- Trial name
- NCT07839910
- Testing
- Wearable transcranial direct current stimulation (Halo Sport 2)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shanghai University of Sport
Effect of tDCS on Memory in Older and Younger Adults
Effect of Noninvasive Electrical Brain Stimulation on Memory at Different Times of Day in Younger and Older Adults
This study will investigate the extent to which tDCS to dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (or dlPFC) impacts memory performance as a function of time-of-day in younger and older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT03723850
- Testing
- Active tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 271 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Sleep
The Effect of tDCS Applied During Sleep on Memory Consolidation
This study will attempt to use a type of non-invasive brain stimulation technology during sleep to improve measures of sleep quality and memory in young healthy students and older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02596568
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Healthy Older Adults
tDCS Effects on GABA Concentration and Brain Functional Connectivity in Older Adults Of Working Age
The aim of this study is to investigate whether anodal tDCS over the left M1 leads to a decrease of GABA concentration and alterations of functional brain connectivity in older people, compared to sham tDCS.
- Trial name
- TRAINSTIM1 (NCT02794272)
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Alzheimer Disease
Memory Functions in Mild Alzheimer's Disease
The overall objective of this project is to examine the effects of non-invasive brain stimulation on episodic memory performance
- Trial name
- MemStim-lab (NCT04785053)
- Testing
- transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hebrew SeniorLife
Stroke
tDCS Combined With Constraint Induced Movement Therapy and Role of GABA Activity in Stroke Recovery
The aim of this study is to determine whether noninvasive brain stimulation in form of active transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with constraint induced movement therapy (CIMT) offers an additional benefit as…
- Trial name
- NCT01983319
- Testing
- active anodal transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
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
Healthy Volunteers
Rapid Eye Movement Restoration and Enhancement for Sleep-deprived Trauma-adaptation
The goal of this clinical trial is to find out whether stimulating the brain with electrical current during naps can increase certain kinds of brain activity that happen during sleep and lead to improvements in emotional health…
- Trial name
- REM-REST (NCT06547086)
- Testing
- Transcranial electrical stimulation with Temporal Interference (TES-TI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Cognitive Symptom, Healthy
The Effect of Transcranial Direct Stimulation on Cognitive Functions of Healthy Adults
Background: Transcranial direct current stimulation(tDCS) has been used to improve cognitive functions in healthy young adults. Purpose: To investigate the effect of TDCS application on different cortex regions on cognitive…
- Trial name
- NCT04873804
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medipol University
Healthy Volunteers
Effects of Cerebral and Peripheral Electrical Stimulation on Conditioned Pain Modulation in Healthy Subjects.
The Neuromatrix pain model and new findings on pain chronification process point to a greater efficacy of treatments that address central and peripheral rather than only peripheral structures.
- Trial name
- NCT03752502
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), Peripheral electrical stimulation (PES)
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal do Piauí