Clinical trials: tDCS, completed
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia TreAtment With electRic Transcranial Stimulation
The aim of this study is to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation) for treatment of negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.
- Trial name
- STARTS (NCT02535676)
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
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
Developmental Coordination Disorder
Does tDCS Improve Motor Learning in Children With DCD?
Transcrainial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has become increasingly popular over the past decade. tDCS is a safe and well-studied form of non-invasive brain stimulation.
- Trial name
- NCT03453983
- Testing
- Transcrainial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Nonfluent Aphasia, Stroke
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Aphasia Language Therapy
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of small amounts of electrical current, applied without surgery to the brain, in combination with speech-language treatment, on the language outcome of study subjects…
- Trial name
- NCT01486654
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation - Cathodal stimulation, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation - Anodal stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Older Adults (50-90 Years)
Effects of Brain Stimulation During a Daytime Nap on Memory Consolidation in Older Adults
The beneficial effect of nocturnal as well as daytime sleep on memory consolidation is well-documented in young, healthy subjects.
- Trial name
- NCT01840839
- Testing
- brain stimulation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Neurostimulation In Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Long-term survivors of ALL are at-risk for neurocognitive impairment, particularly in the area of executive functioning. Relatively limited research has focused on interventions for improving neurocognitive outcomes in long-term…
- Trial name
- NCT04007601
- Testing
- Active tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 127 people
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Real tDCS, Sham tDCS
Supporting Decisions With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Healthy Young and Elderly Individuals
Decisions are part of the daily life. On the neuronal level, activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) is important during complex decisions (e.g., whether something is emotional for a person or not).
- Trial name
- NCT03959462
- Testing
- real anodal transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 254 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bern
Tinnitus
The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Addition to Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) for Treatment of Chronic Tinnitus Patients
The aim of this study is to evaluate the added effect of tDCS to TRT within patients with chronic, non-pulsatile tinnitus. Patients were randomised in two groups namely, TRT and real tDCS and the second one is TRT with sham tDCS.
- Trial name
- NCT02285803
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- Belgium
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Antwerp
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Healthy Participants
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Apparatus for Domiciliary Use
Neuromodulation is characterized as a technique whose principle neurostimulation to produce inhibition or cortical arousal. The tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation) is a noninvasive brain stimulation method used to…
- Trial name
- NCT02408237
- Testing
- Active tDCS Ambulatory, Active tDCS Home use
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Unipolar Depression, Treatment Resistant Depression
Home-administered tDCS for Treatment of Depression
This study will determine the safety and efficacy of home administered tDCS in adults with unipolar depression. The device used to administer tDCS will be the Soterix Medical 1X1 mini-CT.
- Trial name
- NCT04781127
- Testing
- Soterix Medical mini-CT tDCS stimulator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Soterix Medical
Stroke
Combined Brain and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Stroke
Cerebrovascular disease is a major cause of disability worldwide. The catastrophic burden of stroke is more dramatic in low- and middle- income countries, and the scarcity of evidence-based rehabilitation interventions represents…
- Trial name
- NCT01907737
- Testing
- Active tDCS, Active PNS
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Schizophrenia
Maximizing the Impact of Neuroplasticity Using Transcranial Electrical Stimulation Study 2
Non-invasive neuromodulation, such as transcranial direct current stimulation ( tDCS) , is emerging as an important therapeutic tool with documented effects on brain circuitry, yet little is understood about h ow it changes…
- Conditions
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder
- Trial name
- MINUTES (NCT03896438)
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Depression, Anxiety and Fear
Frontal Stimulation to Modulate Threat Sensitivity in Anxious Depression
Over 50% of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) do not respond to initial treatment and relapse is common. In particular, comorbid depression and anxiety disorders are associated with more treatment resistance.
- Trial name
- NCT04948944
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 141 people
- Sponsor
- Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Inc.
Healthy
Establish the Role of Premotor and Motor Cortices in tDCS-facilitated Speech Motor Learning
Groups of unimpaired participants will all receive speech motor training of nonwords, and six tDCS conditions will be compared: anodal tDCS over speech motor regions; cathodal tDCS over speech motor regions; anodal tDCS over left…
- Trial name
- NCT05804344
- Testing
- Anodal speech motor tDCS, Cathodal speech motor tDCS, Anodal IFG tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 113 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York University
Spinal Cord Injuries, Tetraplegia
Random Noise Stimulation to Enhance Cortical Drive & Improve Hand Function
Cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) results in hand and arm function impairments and decreased independence in performance of daily activities such as bathing, eating, dressing, writing, or typing.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Tetraplegia, Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
- Trial name
- NCT04777149
- Testing
- transcranial Random Noise Stimulation (tRNS), transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Shepherd Center, Atlanta GA
Chronic Stroke
tDCS and CO-OP in Chronic Stroke
This project seeks to evaluate the acceptability feasibility, practicality feasibility, and preliminary effect of combining transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and metacognitive strategy training (MCST) in individuals…
- Trial name
- NCT04617548
- Testing
- tDCS and CO-OP Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Enhancement of Therapeutic Learning in OCD Using tDCS
Psychiatric disorders characterized by pathological fear and anxiety are common and often disabling. Despite their limitations, exposure therapies are among the most efficacious treatments for these disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT03572543
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
TDCS for the Treatment of Inattention Symptoms in Adult ADHD Patients
This study aims at evaluating the efficacy and safety of a home-based tDCS device when compared to a sham stimulation for improving attention in adult ADHD patients.
- Trial name
- TUNED (NCT04003740)
- Testing
- Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
Effects of the Transcranial Stimulation on Prevention of Cognitive Dysfunction in Cardiac Surgery
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a contrary event observed between 20 to 83%, especially on elderly and patients submitted to cardiac surgery.
- Trial name
- tDCS (NCT02549560)
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 138 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Stroke
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Chronic Stroke Recovery
The hypothesis of this study is that different subgroups of stroke will respond differently to direct current stimulation.
- Trial name
- NCT01014897
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center