Clinical trials: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, completed
Chronic Cluster Headache
Anodal Transcranial Direct Stimulation (tDCS) for the Treatment of Chronic Cluster Headache
Cluster headache is a primary headache that chiefly affects young men, and is less common than migraine. This disease can have devastating consequences due to the pain intensity (it is also called "suicide headache"), to the side…
- Trial name
- ANODECCH (NCT02462395)
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- University of Liege
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
Opioid Dependence, Craving
tDCS to Decrease Opioid Relapse (UG3)
In the current proposal, the investigators will measure behavioral and brain responses following transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) (anode on right DLPFC, cathode on the…
- Trial name
- NCT03842137
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Butler Hospital
Healthy
Aftereffects and Reliability of Two Homeostatic Plasticity Induction Protocols
People suffering from chronic pain exhibit changes in the way the central nervous system processes pain. Some of the changes in the central nervous system are associated with how the brain adapts to the process of different…
- Trial name
- NCT04324801
- Testing
- Homeostatic plasticity induction using transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg 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
Lewy Body Disease, Lewy Body Variant of Alzheimer Disease
Stimulation of Cingulo-opercular Alertness Network
Fluctuations in alertness are very common in persons with Lewy body dementias and are a major source of disability. Changes in a chemical messenger molecule called acetylcholine within certain brain regions may play a role in…
- Conditions
- Lewy Body Disease, Lewy Body Variant of Alzheimer Disease, Lewy Body Dementia With Behavioral Disturbance
- Trial name
- SCAN (NCT04817891)
- Testing
- HD-tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Stroke
t-RNS After Hand Recovery in Chronic Stroke
Upper extremity (UE) paresis or weakness is one of the most frequent impairments after stroke. Despite intense rehabilitation, motor and functional recovery of patients with severe hand impairments is poor.
- Trial name
- NCT05489146
- Testing
- transcranial random noise stimulation and functional electrical stimulation facilitated task practice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Amit Sethi
Nicotine Dependence
Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms and Smoking Relapse
Background: Smoking is thought to cause changes in the brain that lead to addiction and craving. Smokers who try to quit experience nicotine withdrawal symptoms that include irritability, anxiety, and difficulty concentrating.
- Trial name
- NCT01511614
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Nicotine patch, Varenicline Pill
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 112 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Stroke
Combine Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Stroke Patients
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been shown not only to improve motor function but also increase cortical excitability and neural plasticity.
- Trial name
- NCT02821884
- Testing
- Combination of tDCS and NMES
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Schizophrenia, Major Depression
A Double Blind Sham Controlled Trial of tDCS in Treating Schizophrenia and Depression
The project will investigate the use of a novel technique, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia and patients with depression.
- Trial name
- NCT00481026
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), active tDCS
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Bayside Health
Anxiety, Stress
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Augments the Effects of Gamified, Mobile Attention Bias Modification
The present study tested whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) across the prefrontal cortex (PFC), versus sham stimulation, effectively augments the beneficial effects of a gamified attention bias modification…
- Trial name
- NCT04348812
- Testing
- ABMT, Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hunter College of City University of New York
Binge Drinking
Cognitive Retraining and Brain Stimulation for Alcohol Use
The overarching goal of this study is to determine whether combined cognitive training and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) reduces drinking in high-risk drinkers.
- Trial name
- NCT02045108
- Testing
- Active Retraining, Active TDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people
- Sponsor
- The Mind Research Network
Depression, Bipolar
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for the Treatment of Bipolar Depression
Non-invasive brain stimulation therapies have been increasingly investigated in recent years as a treatment for neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly mood disorders.
- Trial name
- TDCS-BD (NCT02152878)
- Testing
- Active stimulation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Performance Enhancement
Effects of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation on Soldiers' Cognitive and Functional Performance
Non-invasive brain stimulation has been shown to alter performance in both clinical and healthy populations on cognitive tasks. While the performance alterations have generally been shown to result in enhancement, mixed results…
- Trial name
- NCT04155333
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory
Spinal Cord Injuries
Effectiveness of NEUROM and tDCS for Motor Recovery in Chronic Paraplegia
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (TSCI) is a catastrophic, unexpected, and devastating event that can occur along the spinal column (cervical, thoracic, and lumbar).
- Trial name
- NEUROM (NCT04790149)
- Testing
- Conventional Rehabilitation, NEUROM + tDCS, NEUROM
- Where
- Lebanon
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- Lebanese University
Healthy Older Adults
tDCS Effects on Associative Learning in Older Adults of Retirement Age
The aim of this study is to investigate whether a tDCS-accompanied training of audio-visual associative memory leads to a performance improvement in healthy older individuals.
- Trial name
- TRAINSTIM2 (NCT02839993)
- Testing
- tDCS, training
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Pain, Postoperative
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Reduction of Pain and Postoperative Opioids Consumption After Spine Surgery
The experience of pain derives from changes in brain excitability. Therefore, modulating the excitability of cortical areas involved in pain processing may become an attractive option in the context of multimodal analgesia during…
- Trial name
- NCT03278184
- Testing
- active prefrontal cortex stimulation, active motor cortex stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Cervical Syndrome
Treatment of Neck Pain With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
This study aim to investigate the effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for improving pressure pain thresholds (PPTs), range of motion,Neck Disability Index, the multidimensional health related quality of life…
- Trial name
- NCT04729270
- Testing
- Physiotherapy treatment with physium device., Conventional physiotherapy treatment.
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cadiz
Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder
Maintenance Transcranial Electrical Stimulation for Depression
Transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) techniques offer a novel treatment approach for depression and have shown promising efficacy.
- Trial name
- NCT01890356
- Testing
- Transcranial electrical stimulation
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- The University of New South Wales
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment - aMCI
Cognitive Outcomes of Brain Stimulation As a Later-in-Life Treatment
This is a pilot study being done to attempt to improve episodic memory problems in persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
- Trial name
- COBALT (NCT05564715)
- Testing
- NeuroElectric StarStim
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center