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Neuroregeneration Enhanced by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS) in Stroke

NCT00909714 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 119

Last updated 2024-12-11

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Summary

Testing the hypothesis that non-invasive brain stimulation by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with functional training in the subacute phase of first-ever stroke will enhance functional regeneration compared with a Placebo intervention.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

DC-Stimulator to apply tDCS

Anodal tDCS (20 minutes) stimulation will be applied once a day in combination with standardized upper extremity rehabilitative training

DEVICE

DC-Stimulator to apply Sham tDCS

Sham stimulation will be applied once a day in combination with standardized upper extremity rehabilitative training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christian Gerloff, Prof. Dr. · Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2021-02-19
Completion
2021-03-31

Countries

  • Austria
  • Germany
  • Italy

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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