NCT04166513Completed
Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Language
Effects of tDCS in Language Recovery and Reorganization in Chronic Aphasia
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Oct 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study will investigate the effects of mild electrical stimulation in conjunction with speech therapy for people with post-stroke aphasia to enhance language recovery.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 25 (actual)
- First submitted
- 8 Nov 2019
- Start date
- 13 Dec 2019
- Primary completion date
- 1 Jul 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT04166513
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 25
- From 13 Dec 2019 to the primary completion date, 1 Jul 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Other illness
- Advanced neurodegenerative disease (i.e. Stage 3 Alzheimer's disease) or neurologic disorder (e.g. idiopathic epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, ALS)
- Severe psychopathology (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, acute major depressive episode)
Other
- No suspected or diagnosed uncorrectable hearing or vision difficulties, or developmental disabilities (i.e. intellectual disability or learning disability).
- Contraindications to MRI such as claustrophobia, implanted electronic devices, MRI-incompatible metal in the body, extreme obesity, pregnancy, inability to lie flat, and inability to see or hear stimulus materials
Who the study is looking for
- Patients with a language deficit from focal neurologic damage (e.g. stroke, tumor).
- Patients must be adults and have English-language fluency.
- Patients must be eligible to undergo MRI.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical College of Wisconsin Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milwaukee | United States | Unknown status |
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