Clinical trials: tDCS, completed
Stroke, Dysphagia
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Dysphagia Therapy in Acute Stroke Patients
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether transcranial direct current stimulation of the cerebral swallow motor cortex in addition to standard care can enhance recovery of swallow function in acute dysphagic stroke…
- Trial name
- NCT01970384
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Muenster
Chronic Pain, PTSD
Management of Chronic Pain and PTSD in Gulf War Veterans With tDCS+Prolonged Exposure
Gulf War Veterans (a DoD/VA defined service era corresponding to the first Gulf War under operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield 1990-1991), especially those who present with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), are…
- Trial name
- NCT04236284
- Testing
- Home-based tDCS, Prolonged Exposure Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Brain Fog
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
Cognitive impairment refers to when an individual struggles to learn, concentrate, remember, or make decisions. This can be due to underlying neurological diseases (i.e.
- Trial name
- tDCS (NCT05524233)
- Testing
- Active Transcranial Direct Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Neuropathic Pain
Effect of Multitarget tDCS for Neuropathic Pain
This study aims to conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of multitarget transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on pain, depression, anxiety, quality of life and sleep, in patients with neuropathic…
- Trial name
- NCT06510725
- Testing
- Multitarget tDCS, Single-target tDCS
- Where
- 3 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 204 people
- Sponsor
- Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing
Traumatic Brain Injury
Neural Basis of Decision-Making Deficits in Traumatic Brain Injury
Background: People with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can have trouble making the best possible decisions. Researchers want to learn more about the parts of the brain that control decision making.
- Trial name
- NCT02169310
- Testing
- tDCS, [11C] Raclopride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Healthy
Activating and Identifying Neural Responses to Social Rejection: a Combined tDCS and fMRI Study
This research study identifies neural pathways regulating negative moods during rejection by combining transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and fMRI in a sample of healthy controls.
- Trial name
- NCT02739789
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stony Brook University
Minimally Conscious State, TBI
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Effects in Patients With Chronic Consciousness Disorders
Chronic consciousness disorders have high level of impact on public health and its costs.
- Trial name
- NCT02288533
- Testing
- real-tDCS
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of Ferrara
Alzheimer Disease
tACS for Amyloid-β Reduction in Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid-β (Aβ) plaque buildup and phosphorylated tau (p-tau) in the brain, as well as widespread neurodegeneration.
- Trial name
- NCT03290326
- Testing
- Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Fibromyalgia
Impact of Susceptibility to Placebo on the Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a syndrome characterized by generalized musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, non-restorative sleep, cognitive changes, depressive and neurovegetative symptoms.
- Trial name
- FIBROTEC (NCT05845528)
- Testing
- s-tDCS, a- tDCS
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Fatigue, Stroke
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Post-stroke Fatigue
This is a double-blind, sham-controlled, anodal tDCS study to understand the effect of increasing motor cortex excitability on post-stroke fatigue.
- Trial name
- TIPS (NCT04634864)
- Testing
- Anodal tDCS
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- University College, London
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
Internet Gaming Disorder
Regulation of Craving in Internet Gamers
This project aims to investigate (1) the behavioral and neural mechanisms of regulation of craving in Internet gamers; (2) effects of tDCS over the dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) on craving and regulation of craving and…
- Trial name
- NCT03352973
- Testing
- active tDCS on the dlPFC
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beijing Normal University
Schizophrenia, Schizo Affective Disorder
The Efficacy of Neural Stimulation in Individuals With Schizophrenia
The purpose of this study is to understand the relationship between psychotic symptoms and social functioning in individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT05746494
- Testing
- tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas at Dallas
Bone Sarcoma, Childhood Cancer
Culturally Adapted Mobile Treatment of Chronic Pain in Adolescent Survivors of Pediatric Cancer
This is a prospective study that will conduct a series of focus groups with non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic childhood cancer survivors to obtain their input on culturally adapting a mobile CBT program for chronic pain and tDCS…
- Trial name
- NCT05746429
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Questionnaire Administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Chronic Schizophrenia
The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Human Brains: A Neuroimaging Study
The purpose of this project is to examine brain function before, during, and after the administration of tDCS (Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation). The brain can perform its job well or poorly depending on many things.
- Trial name
- NCT02421146
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Spinal Cord Injury
Improving Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Interventions by Retraining the Brain With Stimulation
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether combining a noninvasive method of brain stimulation, called Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), enhances the effect of training of the affected upper limbs in…
- Trial name
- NCT01539109
- Testing
- Rehabilitation, Noninvasive brain stimulation: tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
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
Major Depressive Disorder
MARt-Depression Trial
This is an open label pilot feasibility study that will recruit 15 participants. The purpose of the pilot study will be to evaluate the feasibility of open label Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in combination with…
- Trial name
- NCT03564067
- Testing
- Soterix Medical tDCS mini-Clinical Trials system (mini-CT), Computerized CBT (cCBT)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Osteo Arthritis Knee
Home-based tDCS and Mindfulness-based Meditation for Self-management of Clinical Pain and Symptoms
This clinical trial aims to evaluate whether a 2 week regimen of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) paired with mindfulness-based meditation (MBM) can improve pain modulation, reduce clinical pain, and alleviate…
- Trial name
- NCT04375072
- Testing
- active tDCS paired with active MBM
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 208 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Stroke, Arm
Enhancing Recovery of Arm Movement in Stroke Patients
Many people who have had a stroke have problems recovering the use of their affected arm and these problems may persist for a long time.
- Conditions
- Stroke, Arm, Paresis
- Trial name
- ENHANCE (NCT02725853)
- Testing
- tDCS, personalized practice, non-personalized practice
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- McGill University