Clinical trials: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Bipolar Disorder, Schizo Affective Disorder
Brain Stimulation and Cognitive Training
People with serious mental illness often report difficulties with thinking skills like memory. These difficulties can make it harder to perform day-to-day activities.
- Conditions
- Bipolar Disorder, Schizo Affective Disorder, Schizophrenia
- Trial name
- NCT03338673
- Testing
- tDCS, BrainHQ
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Pelvic Pain, Healthy
Transcranial Direct Stimulation in Chronic Pelvic Pain
The purpose of this study is to determine whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is effective in reducing pain in subjects with chronic pelvic pain.
- Trial name
- NCT01143636
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Knee Osteoarthritis
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Older Persons With Knee Pain (Knee Pain and tDCS): Randomized Pilot Study
The purpose of this research is to study the effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on clinical pain, mobility disability, and pain sensitivity to gain a better understanding of the factors that cause pain and…
- Trial name
- NCT02512393
- Testing
- Active tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Healthy Adults
Investigating Accelerated Learning and Memory in Healthy Subjects Using a Face Name Memory Task
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether we can accelerate learning and improve associative memory performance in healthy subjects by applying transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) during a Face Name memory…
- Trial name
- NCT03309072
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Vegetative State, Minimally Conscious State
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Patients With Disorders of Consciousness
Previous studies showed that anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) applied to the left dorsolateral prefrontal (DLPF) cortex transiently improves performance of memory and attention.
- Conditions
- Vegetative State, Minimally Conscious State, Disorders of Consciousness
- Trial name
- tDCS in DOC (NCT01673126)
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 55 people
- Sponsor
- University of Liege
Depression, Bipolar, Bipolar Disorder
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Therapy for Bipolar Depression
Bipolar disorder is a severe and disabling disorder. The course of illness is often progressive but is highly heterogeneous between individuals and within the lifetime for an individual.
- Conditions
- Depression, Bipolar, Bipolar Disorder, Mood Disorders, Mental Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT05436613
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- University of East London
Multiple Sclerosis
Cognitive Markers in Prodromal MS
The focus of this work is the evaluation of a measure of cognitive functioning- intra-individual variability (IIV) - derived from a computer-based continuous reaction time (RT) task (Cogstate) as an early marker of prodromal MS.
- Trial name
- NCT05543915
- Testing
- Active tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Stress Related Disorder, Anxiety
Modulation of Fear Extinction Processes Using Transcranial Electrical Stimulation
The aim of this study is to examine the effects of transcranial electrical stimulation on processes associated with fear extinction in healthy humans.
- Trial name
- NCT02723188
- Testing
- DC stimulation (1.5 milliampere, 20 minutes), AC stimulation (1.5 milliampere,1.5 Hertz frequency)
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tel Aviv University
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Cognitive Training and tDCS for Children With FASD
This is a randomized placebo-controlled trial of cognitive training with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for children and adolescents (ages 10 - 16 years) with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE).
- Trial name
- NCT03361293
- Testing
- Active tDCS, Cognitive training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Primary Progressive Aphasia
In the present sham-controlled study, the investigators examine whether tDCS could be used to enhance language abilities (e.g., picture naming) in individuals with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) primarily characterized by…
- Trial name
- NCT02928848
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Multiple Sclerosis
Can Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Improve Ambulation and Fatigue Resistance in People With MS?
In this project the investigators will be using non-invasive brain stimulation on people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) to improve leg muscle function. Two groups of participants will be recruited.
- Trial name
- NCT02987621
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Colorado State University
Total Knee Arthroplasty (Postoperative Pain), Total Hip Arthroplasty(Postoperative Pain)
Dose Dependent Effects of tDCS on Post-Operative Pain
The proper control of acute and chronic pain is one of the most important areas in health care. Despite the profound advances in neuroscience over the past 20 years, the investigators still largely use opiate narcotics, much as…
- Trial name
- tDCS-TKA (NCT02241967)
- Testing
- 4 Real sessions of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, 2 Real Sessions of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, 1 Real Session of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 119 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Pediatric Psychiatric Disorder
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Pediatric Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
In this study, the investigators aim to understand the role of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in modulating aberrant neurocognitive processes implicated in pediatric patients with obsessive compulsive disorder…
- Trial name
- NCT04548609
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
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
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
Aphasia, Non-fluent Aphasia
Combining tDCS and CILT in Non-fluent Aphasia
The long-term goal of this work is to determine if combining a highly intensive, task-specific behavioral language intervention with modulation of the efferent cerebellar-cortical pathway using transcranial direct current…
- Conditions
- Aphasia, Non-fluent Aphasia, Stroke, Brain Injuries
- Trial name
- NCT05561400
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Cognitive Ability Training in Seniors
This study investigates the beneficial effects of prefrontal brain stimulation (with transcranial direct current stimulation [tDCS]) during working memory training in seniors with subjective memory impairments.The…
- Trial name
- CATS (NCT02587338)
- Testing
- Verum tDCS
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wuerzburg University Hospital
Stuttering, Developmental
Non-invasive Brain Stimulation in Adults Who Stutter
Research studies in stuttering have shown that activity patterns in certain brain areas differ in people who stutter compared to people who do not stutter when speaking.
- Trial name
- NCT03437512
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS, Fluency training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Alzheimer Disease
Home-based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for Behavioral Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)
The purpose of this study is to assess acceptability, and safety of providing tDCS to ADRD patients with behavioral symptoms and to assess the efficacy of tDCS for ADRD-related symptoms, mainly behavioral symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT05478681
- Testing
- active tDCS
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Pain
Pilot Study of Transcranial Stimulation (tDCS)to Relieve Neuropathic Pain in Cancer Patients
This is a pilot study designed to collect preliminary data on safety and efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to relieve pain in cancer patients who developed neuropathic pain in the affected area after a…
- Trial name
- NCT01948050
- Testing
- non-invasive transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Medical Center