Clinical trials: tDCS, completed
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
Drug Addiction
The Cognitive Neural Mechanisms and Neuroregulatory Interventions of Realistic Creative Problem-solving Under the Effects of Drug Addiction
Drug addiction persists as a significant global social concern with a negative impact on social harmony and stability that cannot be ignored.
- Trial name
- NCT06917534
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yifan Wang
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
Motor Cortex as a Research & Therapeutic Target in TMD
The investigators are doing a study to learn about the effects of a type of low-energy non-surgical electrical brain stimulation (HD-tDCS) on chronic pain in people's jaw joints.
- Trial name
- NCT02247063
- Testing
- High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (HD-tDCS)
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Psychotic Disorders
Transcranial Brain Stimulation and Its Underlying Neural Mechanisms as a Novel Treatment for Auditory Hallucinations
The present study aims to investigate whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) reduces auditory hallucinations in patients with psychosis. In addition, the neuronal changes of tDCS will be examined.
- Trial name
- NCT02769507
- Testing
- DC Stimulator PLUS (NeuroConn)
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- University of Bergen
Stroke
Home-based Non-invasive Brain Stimulation and Hand Tracking Rehabilitation for People With Chronic Stroke
This is a device feasibility study, which will assess telerehabilitation in people with chronic stroke using a combination of noninvasive brain stimulation and finger tracking training.
- Trial name
- NCT02460809
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Healthy
Effect of Electrical Stimulation (DC Polarization) to the Brain on Memory
This study will test the effect of direct current (DC) brain polarization (the application of a very weak electrical current to the brain) on learning and memory.
- Trial name
- NCT00471107
- Testing
- DC brain polarization
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
tDCS for Treatment Resistant Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
It's a multicentric, randomized, controlled study concerning 100 patients with treatment-resistant obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD).
- Trial name
- tDCS-TOC (NCT03304600)
- Testing
- Active stimulation
- Where
- 4 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Henri Laborit
Sleep, Sleep Hygiene
Electrical Synchronization of Slow Oscillations to Enhance Deep Sleep
This study applied slowly oscillating (0.5 hz) transcranial electrical stimulation (TES; frontopolar and lateral frontal electrodes versus mastoid and occipital electrode returns) to synchronize the endogenous slow oscillations…
- Trial name
- ESSOTEDS (NCT04461769)
- Testing
- Transcranial Electrical Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brain Electrophysiology Laboratory Company
Stroke, Aging
Enhancing Sleep Dependent Consolidation by Non-invasive Brain Stimulation
Stroke, one of the most common causes for acquired adult disability, is not only a burden for the individual but also for his or her close relatives and caregivers.
- Trial name
- E-ConS (NCT05843656)
- Testing
- Non-invasive brain stimulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Friedhelm Hummel
Pain, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Transcranial Versus Suboccipital Direct Current Stimulation
Randomized controlled trial, in parallel with cross-control design. Two groups of healthy subjects will be randomly selected to transcranial stimulation group or suboccipital stimulation group.
- Trial name
- NCT04117256
- Testing
- Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Castilla-La Mancha
Schizophrenia, Hallucinations
Efficacy of tDCS in the Treatment of Resistant Auditory Hallucinations in Schizophrenia
The regions which are assumed to underlie the pathophysiology of schizophrenia, namely hypoactivity at the prefrontal level and pathological hyperactivity of the associative regions of the language located in the left…
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia, Hallucinations, Refractory Schizophrenia
- Trial name
- TDCSHALLU (NCT04352569)
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Centre hospitalier de Ville-Evrard, France
Stroke
tDCS and Upper Extremity Function in Stroke
Research on the effects of Anodal transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on hand dexterity and quality of life in stroke patients is limited.
- Trial name
- NCT06454331
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Breast Cancer, Fatigue
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) to Improve Fatigue and Cognitive Function
This research is being done to determine whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can improve fatigue and certain thinking skills in women with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy.
- Trial name
- NCT03487601
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Aging
CONTROL Walking Study
Older adults often experience substantial deficits in walking ability, especially for walking tasks that are more complex such as obstacle crossing.
- Trial name
- NCT03790657
- Testing
- practice of a complex walking task, Active transcranial direct current stimulation (Active tDCS)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment, Traumatic Brain Injury
Noninvasive Brain Stimulation on Memory in Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment and History of Brain Injury
The study will examine the efficacy of high definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) and its influence on episodic memory in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment and a history of Traumatic brain…
- Conditions
- Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment, Traumatic Brain Injury, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trial name
- NCT04504630
- Testing
- High Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Long COVID, Long Covid19
RECOVER-NEURO: Platform Protocol, Appendix_A to Measure the Effects of BrainHQ, PASC CoRE and tDCS Interventions on Long COVID Symptoms
This platform protocol is designed to be flexible so that it is suitable for a wide range of settings within health care systems, for remote settings, and in community settings where it can be integrated into COVID-19 programs…
- Conditions
- Long COVID, Long Covid19, Long Covid-19
- Trial name
- NCT05965739
- Testing
- BrainHQ/Active Comparator Activity, BrainHQ, PASC CoRE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 328 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
COVID-19
Transcranial Direct Stimulation for Persistent Fatigue Treatment Post-COVID-19
Fatigue is common and disabling in patients with post-COVID syndrome. There is no treatment available at this moment, and fatigue has important consequences.
- Trial name
- STIMULATECOVID (NCT05252481)
- Testing
- Active tDCS
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital San Carlos, Madrid
Dysphoria
Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Reward Learning in Subclinical Depression.
This project will test whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) can alter reward learning behaviour in subclinical depression.
- Trial name
- NCT03393312
- Testing
- Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Nicotine Dependence
TDCS and Cognitive Retraining to Augment Pharmacotherapy for the Treatment of Nicotine Dependence
The purpose of the phase 1 translational pilot study proposed here is to gather preliminary data investigating the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) and cognitive retraining to enhance nicotine…
- Trial name
- TDCSNIC (NCT02534454)
- Testing
- Active Retraining, Active transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS), Nicotine Replacement Therapy (Habitrol)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 86 people
- Sponsor
- The Mind Research Network
Acute Migraine
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Migraine Attack
This study is conducted to investigate the therapeutic efficacy and safety of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) over the primary motor cortex of patients with acute migraine attack.
- Trial name
- NCT01358279
- Testing
- transcranial direct current stimulation
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital