Clinical trials: tDCS
Laryngeal Dystonia
tDCS for Laryngeal Dystonia
This project will apply transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to multiple brain areas to evaluate the effects as a potential treatment for laryngeal dystonia (formerly spasmodic dysphonia).
- Trial name
- NCT06830174
- Testing
- Starstim system
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Stroke
Efficacy of TOCT and (tDCS) for Gait Improvement in Patients With Chronic Stroke
Stroke is one of the major causes of disability in the Western world. Initially gait is the most affected function, 80% of patients lose this ability.
- Trial name
- NCT01883843
- Testing
- real tDCS + TOCT
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of Ferrara
Traumatic Brain Injury
Relationship Between Attention and Emotional Regulation Post-Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
The purpose of this pilot study is to investigate the relationship between attention and emotional function post-Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in an effort to better understand the cognitive mechanisms of emotional processing in…
- Trial name
- NCT01681589
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulator (TDCS), Control Group, Healthy Control Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Glaucoma
Optimal Non-invasive Brain Stimulation for Peripheral Vision
Glaucoma is a complex disease that can result in progressive vision loss. There are no treatments that restore vision lost to glaucoma.
- Trial name
- NCT04846140
- Testing
- transcranial electrical stimulation (tES)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA)
Long Term Effect of Brain Stimulation in PPA
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the effect of non-invasive brain stimulation techniques in the progression of primary progressive aphasia for 6 months.
- Trial name
- RECONNECT-PLUS (NCT07158216)
- Testing
- TMS, tDCS
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital San Carlos, Madrid
Depression
tDCS in the Prevention of Relapse After Electroconvulsive Therapy
While electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in major depression is effective, high relapse rates and cognitive side effects limit its long-term use.
- Trial name
- NCT02886858
- Testing
- Device : Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Hôpital le Vinatier
Chronic Stroke
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Combined Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Motor Recovery in Stroke
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the combination treatment strategy. A randomized, double-blinded and sham-stimulation study was conducted.
- Trial name
- NCT04059848
- Testing
- tDCS(Intelect Mobile Stimulation and Combination, DJO, France), NMES(Enraf Nonius, Endomed-182, Netherlands)
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
Alzheimer Disease
Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation for Patients With Mild Alzheimer's Disease (TRANSFORM-AD)
The goal of this study is to explore the efficacy and safety of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD).
- Trial name
- NCT03920826
- Testing
- transcranial alternating current stimulation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing
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
Traumatic Brain Injury
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and Motor Training for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Survivors
The aim of this study is to compare the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation and functional upper extremity task training to functional upper extremity task training alone.
- Trial name
- NCT01749735
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Armeo training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Cognitive Deficit
Patient-Centered NeuroRehabilitation (PCN)
As individuals grow older, a number of factors can reduce our cognitive (or thinking) abilities such as "normal" aging, neurodegenerative diseases, and cardiovascular disease.
- Trial name
- PCN (NCT03036319)
- Testing
- Active tDCS, Cognitively based intervention, Active tACS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Stroke
Short Term Effects of Anodal Cerebellar vs Anodal Cerebral Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Stroke Patients
To compare the effect of anodal cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) vs anodal cerebral tDCS on balance, mobility and cognition in stroke patients in stroke patients
- Trial name
- NCT05115851
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS cerebellar stimulation group, Anodal tDCS cerebral (M1) stimulation group
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease
Combined tDCS and Cognitive Training in Alzheimer's
The General Objective of the study is to evaluate the short- and long-term efficacy of combining transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and cognitive training (CT) in patients with mild cognitive impairment due to…
- Trial name
- COMBINA-COG (NCT06861231)
- Testing
- Transcraneal Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)- Active, Cognitive Training (CT)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- University of Valencia
Epilepsy
Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS) in Drug-resistant Partial Epilepsy
Drug-resistant partial epilepsy has a heavy impact on quality of life and sometimes on life expectancy itself. Only a minority of patients may benefit from a curative epilepsy surgery.
- Trial name
- BRAINSTIM (NCT02465970)
- Testing
- STARSTIM
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Rennes University Hospital
Major Depressive Episode
Personalized High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (HD-tDCS) Treatment for Major Depressive Episode
Adolescents with mood disorders experiencing major depressive episode have poor efficacy of medication treatment. High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (HD-tDCS) has been proven adjuvant efficacy in patients…
- Trial name
- PRHDTDCSTMDE (NCT05498441)
- Testing
- High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (HD-tDCS), Antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, etc.
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Jiangsu Province Nanjing Brain Hospital
Stuttering, Developmental
Investigating Non-invasive Brain Stimulation to Enhance Fluency in People Who Stutter
This study aims to test whether the application of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) concurrent with fluency training results in improvements in speech fluency in adults with developmental stuttering, measured up to…
- Trial name
- INSTEP (NCT03335722)
- Testing
- Metronome-timed speech, Active tDCS
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Parkinson&Amp;Amp;#39;s Disease (PD)
Mid-frontal Delta/Theta and Cognitive Control
Abstract Cognitive symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) include deficits in attention, working memory, and reasoning. These deficits affect up to 80% of PD patients and lead to mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI) and dementia in…
- Trial name
- NCT06984757
- Testing
- Deep-brain Stimulation, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 635 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nandakumar Narayanan
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
Major Depressive Disorder
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation as an Augmenting Intervention for Major Depression
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a noninvasive method to activate or de-activate neurons in superficial regions of the brain through the induction of weak electric currents in the brain tissue delivered by two…
- Trial name
- NCT01450150
- Testing
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Multiple Sclerosis, Encephalitis
tDCS and Cognition in Adults With Multiple Sclerosis or Encephalitis
This research is being done to determine whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can improve certain mental abilities in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) or encephalitis.
- Trial name
- NCT02538094
- Testing
- Anodal Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University