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Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) to Improve Post-Stroke Aphasia

NCT01709383 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2017-07-06

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Summary

This study tests whether weak electrical stimulation of the brain is effective in improving language or reading difficulties occurring after a brain injury or stroke.

Conditions

  • Aphasia

Interventions

DEVICE

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

The tDCS treatments will be applied bilaterally, with the anodal electrode placed on the left temple and the cathodal electrode placed on the right temple. The tDCS will be applied at the beginning of 60-minute speech-language treatment sessions for five days across a one-week period.

DEVICE

Sham Stimulation

The sham tDCS will be applied at the beginning of 60-minute speech-language treatment sessions for five days across a one-week period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medstar Health Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • Georgetown University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Peter Turkeltaub, M.D., Ph.D. · Georgetown University and MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-12-31
Primary Completion
2015-07-31
Completion
2015-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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