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Post-Stroke Aphasia and Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Treatment Study

NCT01512264 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 28

Last updated 2020-07-14

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Summary

In this study the investigators will examine the efficacy of navigated excitatory repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (nerTMS) for the treatment of post stroke aphasia. The investigators expect that this new types of rehabilitation (nerTMS) will help patients with aphasia return to their lives as they were prior to the stroke.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Magstim SuperRapid

This design will allow systematic evaluation of the efficacy of nerTMS and its most optimal dose for language recovery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jerzy P Szaflarski, MD, PhD · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2018-07-20
Completion
2018-07-20

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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