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Chronic Aphasia - Improved by Intensive Training and Electrical Brain Stimulation (CATS)

NCT01924702 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2015-02-04

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 outcome of intensive language therapy in chronic aphasia.

Conditions

  • Aphasia
  • Anomia (Word-Finding Impairment)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Intensive language therapy

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

DEVICE

transcranial direct current stimulation

1mA anodal over M1 primary motor cortex for 20min with 35cm/2 electrode, Cathode (100cm/2) contralateral

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Charité Neurocure AG Flöel

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Agnes Floeel, Prof MD · Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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