Clinical trials: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Neuropsychiatric Syndrome
CogT BEEM Study (a tDCS Study)
Co-existing neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), especially those worsening over time, are associated with more rapid cognitive and functional decline and a greater risk of Alzheimer's…
- Trial name
- NCT04099524
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Impulsivity, Compulsive Overeating
tDCS for Impulsivity and Compulsivity in Obesity
Even when they know it can improve health, many individuals with loss of control eating struggle when they are trying to make and sustain new health habits for weight loss and maintenance of weight loss.
- Conditions
- Impulsivity, Compulsive Overeating, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT04405089
- Testing
- Device: Active Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) coupled with cognitive training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Brain and Cognitive Changes After Reasoning Training in Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment
Individuals aged 55 and older may experience negative effects of cognitive decline. The proposed research seeks to evaluate the benefits of different types of interventions: reasoning training following transcranial direct…
- Trial name
- NCT02596906
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Traumatic Brain Injury, Post Concussive Symptoms
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for the Treatment of Deficits After Traumatic Brain Injury
Patients with mild-moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) sustained between 3 months and 5 years ago with prolonged postconcussive symptoms will be recruited.
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Post Concussive Symptoms, Depression, Executive Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT02613936
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS, Cognitive training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Treatment for Executive Dysfunction in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
A common and potentially debilitating late effect of childhood cancer treatment is neurocognitive impairment, frequently in the domain of executive dysfunction, which can limit educational attainment, employment, and quality of…
- Trial name
- NCT02336282
- Testing
- transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Cognitive Assessment, Brain Games Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
HIV-related Mild Neurocognitive Disorder
Computer Training and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Cognition in HIV
This study investigates the effectiveness of computer-based cognitive training with or without transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in improving the functioning of older individuals with HIV-related cognitive…
- Trial name
- NCT03440840
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), Computer-based Cognitive Training, Watching Educational Videos
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Nova Southeastern University
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Feasibility of Gamma Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation to Reduce Beta-amyloid Load and Improve Memory
This project assessed the feasibility of transcranial alternating current stimulation in the gamma band to lower beta-amyloid load and improve memory performance.
- Trial name
- NCT04646499
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Acute Ischemic Stroke
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation as a Neuroprotection in Acute Stroke Before and After Thrombectomy
This proposal is a prospective, single-center, dose-escalation safety, tolerability, feasibility and potential efficacy study of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in acute stroke patients with substantial salvageable…
- Trial name
- TESSERACT-BA (NCT04061577)
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Stroke, Acute
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation as a Neuroprotection in Acute Stroke
This proposal is a prospective, single-center, dose-escalation safety, tolerability, feasibility and potential efficacy study of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in acute stroke patients with substantial salvageable…
- Trial name
- TESSERACT (NCT03574038)
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Enhancing Cognitive Control in Mild Cognitive Impairment Via Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
The overall goal of this project is to improve cognitive control abilities in adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) through a form of non-invasive brain stimulation, transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS).
- Trial name
- NCT04647032
- Testing
- Transcranial alternating current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Healthy
4 mA tDCS, Estrogen, and Leg Muscle Fatigability
The majority of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) studies have failed to consider sex as a modulating factor. This neglect may partly account for the high inter-subject variability bemoaned by many tDCS investigators…
- Trial name
- NCT04471805
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation 4 mA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Healthy
Neuromodulation of Cognition in Older Adults
This study will investigate whether transcranial direct current stimulation enhances the effects of cognitive training in healthy older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02137122
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Stroke
Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Aphasia Treatment
People with post-stroke aphasia are left with some degree of chronic deficit for which current rehabilitative treatments are variably effective.
- Trial name
- NCT02901574
- Testing
- Anodal or Cathodal tDCS, Computerized naming therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Persistent Post Traumatic Headache, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Remotely Supervised tDCS for Persistent Post-traumatic Headache
This pilot study is designed to provide preliminary data for a large scale, randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of remotely administrated at home transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) with real-time…
- Trial name
- tDCS for PTH (NCT04012853)
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Chronic Low Back Pain
tDCS for Chronic Low Back Pain
The goal of this study is to investigate the role of central neural pathways in mediating chronic pain. The aim of the study is to test the effect of stimulating brain regions that are part of a network underlying central pain…
- Trial name
- NCT02771990
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Providence VA Medical Center
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Smoking, Cigarette
tDCS and Cognitive Training Intervention for Chronic Smokers With Schizophrenia
This study is being done to develop new methods to help smokers with schizophrenia to successfully reduce their smoking and/or quit. This is not a treatment study, but will help find new techniques to create better treatments.
- Conditions
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Smoking, Cigarette, Schizophrenia
- Trial name
- TACTICSS (NCT03588728)
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Cognitive Remediation (CR)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Stroke
Stimulating Language in Subacute StrokE
The investigators will study the effects of transcranial direct current (tDCS) stimulation during language therapy for naming in individuals with aphasia in the acute and subacute post stroke period.
- Trial name
- SLISSE (NCT02674490)
- Testing
- A-tDCS (1 mA), SALT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Depression, Physical Activity
tDCS for Increasing Exercise Adherence in Depressed Individuals
The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation) for increasing exercise adherence among low active individuals with elevated depressive symptoms.
- Trial name
- StRIDE (NCT03178903)
- Testing
- tDCS, Aerobic Exercise (AE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- Butler Hospital
Status Epilepticus
SURESTEP: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Super Refractory Status Epilepticus
The purpose of this study is to determine whether transcranial direct current stimulation affects super refractory status epilepticus.
- Trial name
- SURESTEP (NCT03819543)
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Chronic Low Back Pain, Opioid Use, Unspecified
The Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Transcranial Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Chronic Lower Back Pain
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy in combination with transcranial direct current stimulation in (1) improving pain and functionality, (2) reducing severity of opioid…
- Trial name
- NCT02483468
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Pain, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina