Brain-Oscillation-Synchronized Stimulation to Enhance Motor Recovery in Early Subacute Stroke

NCT05600374 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 144

Last updated 2026-05-15

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Summary

We will investigate the therapeutic efficacy of EEG-synchronized noninvasive repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the early subacute phase after ischemic stroke to improve upper limb motor rehabilitation. We hypothesize that synchronization of rTMS with the phase of the ongoing sensorimotor oscillation indicating high corticospinal excitability leads to significantly stronger improvement of paretic upper limb motor function than the same rTMS protocol non-synchronized to the ongoing sensorimotor oscillation or sham stimulation.

Conditions

  • Ischemic Stroke, Acute

Interventions

DEVICE

Bossdevice

The bossdevice is a real-time digital signal processor consisting of hardware and software algorithms. It is designed to read-in a real-time raw data stream from a bio-signal amplifier (electroencephalography, EEG), to continuously analyze this data and to detect patterns based on oscillations in different frequencies. When such a specific bio-signal pattern is detected, the device indicates this through a standard output port. This enables a connected device to know with millisecond accuracy when a specific biosignal pattern occurs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital Tuebingen

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-02-06
Primary Completion
2027-10-31
Completion
2028-02-28

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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