NCT04291573Completed
Recovering Arm Function in Chronic Post-stroke Patients Using Combined HD-tDCS and Virtual Reality Therapy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 12 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The study aims to determine the added value of combining high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) in a rehabilitation program based on virtual reality therapy (VRT) to potentiate the effects on neuroplasticity and further improve functional recovery of the arm in chronic stroke patients.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 58 (actual)
- First submitted
- 3 Jan 2020
- Start date
- 1 Feb 2021
- Primary completion date
- 26 Mar 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital, Montpellier
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT04291573
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 58
- From 1 Feb 2021 to the primary completion date, 26 Mar 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Failure to collect written informed consent after a period of reflection
- History of epilepsy
- Severe neglect or attention deficit disorder (omission of more than 15 bells in the Bell's test)
- Severe cognitive impairment (Mini Mental Score \<24)
- Aphasia with impairment of understanding (Boston Aphasia Quotient \<4/5)
Other
- Not be affiliated with a French social security scheme or beneficiary of such a scheme
- Major deficit of the upper extremity (FM-UE \<15)
- Presence of a pacemaker or a metallic object implanted in the head
- Pregnant or lactating
- Under guardianship or curatorship
- Protected by law
Who the study is looking for
- Patient aged 18 to 90
- Patient with more than 3 months of a first cerebrovascular accident whatever the aetiology
- Patient with paresis of the upper extremity (FM-UE ≥ 15)
Age in the registry: 18 years to 90 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montpellier hospital Lapeyronie Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montpellier | France | Unknown status |
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