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Improving SWAllowing After Stroke With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

NCT01758991 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2023-05-10

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Summary

In the acute phase of stroke, dysphagia (difficulty/inability to swallow) is a common problem that can have serious consequences such as aspiration pneumonia, increased lenght of hospitalisation, and death. It would be interesting to enhance the therapeutic effect of swallowing retraining by means on non-invasive brain stimulation such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS).

Hypothesis: during the acute phase of stroke, applying tDCS over the brain during the revalidation and/or supervised feeding improves dysphagia significantly when compared to sham tDCS.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

tDCS is a safe and painless transcranial stimulation that modulates brain activity and could improve stroke recovery. Electrodes in soaked sponges are placed over specific brain regions and held with an elastic band. Direct current is then applied through the electrodes. The patients may feel nothing or a slight tingling under the electrodes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Université Catholique de Louvain

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Hospital of Mont-Godinne

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yves Vandermeeren, MD, PhD · University Hospital of Mont-Godinne

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2023-05-08
Completion
2023-05-08

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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