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Chronic Aphasia - Improved by Intensive Training and Electrical Brain Stimulation

NCT01221779 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2013-08-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if non-invasive electrical brain stimulation can enhance the out of intensive language therapy in chronic aphasia

Conditions

  • Post-Stroke Chronic Aphasia
  • Anomia (Word-retrieval Impairment)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Intensive language therapy

2 weeks of daily computerized naming training, daily, 3 hours

BEHAVIORAL

Intensive language therapy

2 weeks of daily computerized naming training, daily, 3 hours

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marcus Meinzer, PhD · Charite, University Medicine, Neurology

  • Agnes Flöel, MD · Charite, University Medicine, Neurology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-08-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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