NCT03452202Recruiting
Using tDCS in Speech-based Stroke Rehabilitation
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the effect of treatment for acquired speech impairment can be enhanced by combining effective behavioral treatment with non-invasive brain stimulation. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), which delivers low-intensity current to the scalp, and is a safe and well-tolerated approach that poses a non-significant risk to participants. tDCS provides low intensity neural stimulation which has been shown to facilitate motor learning in other domains of stroke rehabilitation such as arm motor learning but the potential to enhance speech motor learning has not been explored. This will be examined with a series of single-case experimental designs.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 24 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 16 Jan 2018
- Start date
- 11 Jan 2019
- Primary completion date
- 30 Apr 2027
- Lead sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT03452202
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 24
- From 11 Jan 2019 to the primary completion date, 30 Apr 2027
- 2 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Prior treatment
- History of speech impairment prior to CVA
- Presence of electrically or magnetically activated implant (including pacemaker);
Other illness
- Diagnosis of laryngeal voice disorder
- history of medication-resistant epilepsy in the family;
- past history of seizures or unexplained spells of loss of consciousness.
Other
- Dysarthria
- Presence of potential tDCS risk factors: damaged skin at site of stimulation;
- metal in any part of their body;
Who the study is looking for
- Right-handed
- Monolingual (English)
- Single left-hemisphere CVA
- A minimum of six months post-stroke
- Clinical diagnosis of apraxia of speech
- Normal speech perception
- Passing score on the hearing screening.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 99 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York University School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Recruiting |
| Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | White Plains | United States | Recruiting |
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