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Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation in Childhood Dystonia

NCT01460771 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2014-05-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators hypothesize that transcranial direct current stimulation over the motor cortex will reduce muscle overflow and improve hand function in children with primary or secondary dystonia.

Conditions

  • Childhood Onset Dystonias

Interventions

DEVICE

TDCS (Transcranial Direct-current Stimulation)

active TDCS

DEVICE

sham TDCS (Transcranial Direct-current Stimulation)

TDCS at 0mA

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Crowley Carter Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Don and Linda Carter Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Southern California

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Terence Sanger, MD, PhD · University of Southern California

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2017-09-30
Completion
2017-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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