Clinical trials: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Schizophrenia
TDCS for Auditory Hallucinations in Schizophrenia
The purpose of the present research is to test a potential new treatment for auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia that uses transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), a neurostimulation technique that passes an…
- Trial name
- NCT01898299
- Testing
- transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Psychosis
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Psychosis
The proposed pilot study is a randomized controlled study to assess effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to enhance cognitive remediation therapy in patients with psychotic disorders. tDCS.
- Trial name
- NCT02085421
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Autism
Learning Enhancement Through Neurostimulation in Autism
This study will examine whether brain stimulation paired with social skills learning can help teenage boys with autism learn how to make and keep friends. Brain stimulation can enhance learning in some people.
- Trial name
- LENS (NCT02998684)
- Testing
- Active Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, PEERS Social Skills Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Mobility Limitation, Aging
HOMEStudy: Development of a Home-based Self-delivered Prehabilitation Intervention to Proactively Reduce Fall Risk in Older Adults
Older adults often have difficulty performing complex walking tasks leading to increased fall incidence and subsequent injury. Even in the best clinical settings, it may not be possible for patients or clinicians to dedicate the…
- Trial name
- NCT05583578
- Testing
- Home-based mobility testing and active tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Motor Activity
Investigating Motor Cortex Processing for Pain Modulation
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of different types of interventions (motor learning, somatosensory learning, observation task, mental imagery and tDCS) on the perception of pain and motor cortex…
- Trial name
- NCT01404039
- Testing
- Motor Learning, Somatosensory Learning, Observational Task
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Schizophrenia, Cognition
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) As A Treatment For Cigarette Craving and Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenic
This is a study of the effects of tDCS on smoking, craving for cigarettes, cognition, and psychiatric symptoms in schizophrenic patients who are current smokers or have a history of regular cigarette smoking.
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Cognition, Cigarette Smoking
- Trial name
- TDCSSCHIZ (NCT02128919)
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
HIV, Aging
A Novel Neurorehabilitation Approach for Cognitive Aging With HIV
The goal of this study is to conduct a small, self-contained project to test the hypothesis that tDCS will augment SOP cognitive remediation therapy (CRT) in older HIV+ adults.
- Trial name
- HtDCS (NCT02391311)
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
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
Suicidal Ideation
Home-based tDCS for Prevention of Suicidal Ideation
Risk for suicide is elevated in the period after discharge from hospital among adults with major affective disorder. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the feasibility of delivering tDCS sessions for high-risk…
- Trial name
- NCT05280756
- Testing
- Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Social Anxiety
Augmenting Exposure Therapy for Social Anxiety With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
This study will examine whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can be used to improve outcomes from exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder, and facilitate extinction of fear responding toward individuals…
- Trial name
- NCT03743571
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation, exposure therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nevada, Reno
Chronic Pain, Chronic Low Back Pain
Effects of tDCS and TUS on the Perception of Pain and Functional Limitations Due to Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain
The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of tDCS in combination with TUS for the treatment of pain and functional limitations in subjects with NSCLBP.
- Trial name
- NCT02954432
- Testing
- transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Transcranial Ultrasound (TUS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Multiple Sclerosis
tDCS and Glucose Uptake in Leg Muscles
This study is to examine the efficacy of tDCS to improving walking in people with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS). Our study compromises 1 group of subjects with MS which will attend the lab for three sessions.
- Trial name
- NCT04016844
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder
Restoration of Cognitive Function With TDCS and Training in Serious Mental Illness
Development of interventions that can effectively target and remediate the cognitive and functional impairment associated with serious mental illness is a treatment priority.
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Schizo Affective Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT03208036
- Testing
- TDCS, Cognitive Remediation, Bridging Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Aging
Neural Underpinnings of Turning
Older adults and stroke survivors often have difficulty performing complex walking tasks, due in part to changes in the brain. One task often overlooked is turning, which can lead to injury when performed poorly.
- Trial name
- NCT05475236
- Testing
- Experimental: Locomotor Learning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Major Depressive Disorder, Anhedonia
Investigating the Causal Role of Prefrontal Control in Decision-making in Patients With Anhedonia
Investigating whether delta-beta cross-frequency transcranial alternating current stimulation can increase goal-directed behavior in participants with major depressive disorder and elevated symptoms of anhedonia.
- Trial name
- DEBRA (NCT05084924)
- Testing
- Cross-frequency transcranial alternating current stimulation via the NeuroConn Direct Current Stimulator Plus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Major Depressive Disorder
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Therapy for Major Depression
Depression is a prevalent and debilitating disorder. The most common treatments are antidepressant medications and talking therapies. However, for many individuals, these are not their treatment of choice.
- Trial name
- NCT03632434
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- University of East London
Multitasking Behavior
At-home Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation During Multitasking
The goal is to replicate in-lab results from transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) with at-home tACS.
- Trial name
- NCT04231825
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Stroke
Combined Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Motor Imagery-based Robotic Arm Training for Stroke Rehabilitation
Stroke is the most common cause of adult disability. Current treatments for functional loss of the upper extremity post-stroke remain limited in efficacy, particularly for those with moderate to severe impairment.
- Trial name
- NCT01897025
- Testing
- real-tDCS with MI-BCI
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- National University Hospital, Singapore
Ankle Injuries and Disorders
Balance Training With tDCS for CAI
The purpose of this research study is to examine the efficacy of non-invasive brain stimulation in addition to balance exercise for chronic ankle instability (CAI), a condition that develops following an initial ankle sprain…
- Trial name
- NCT04390048
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Healthy Volunteers
Utilizing Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Enhance Laparoscopic Technical Skills Training
The purpose of this study is to test the influences of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the acquisition of laparoscopic surgical skills.
- Trial name
- NCT03083483
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University