Targeted TDCS to Enhance Speech-Language Treatment Outcome in Persons With Chronic Post-Stroke Aphasia.
Key facts
- Where
- Albuquerque, United StatesSee the site
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- Are you between 25 and 85 years old?
Source: NCT04432883, who can take part
Where in United States
- University of New Mexico Center for Brain Recovery and RepairAlbuquerque, United StatesTaking people
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- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- University of New Mexico
- Trial code
- NCT04432883
- Record updated
- 22 May 2026
- Original description
62 patients who are one year post stroke and have Aphasia as a result of that stroke will be recruited. Participants will have 4 assessment sessions and 15 treatment sessions. The TDCS will be to right Inferior Frontal Gyrus (IFG) (25 active, 25 sham) for 15 days. A combined semantic feature analysis/phonological components analysis treatment will be paired with the stimulation. Two assessment sessions will be pretreatment, 1 session immediately post-treatment, and 1 session at 3 months follow-up.Read full original descriptionShow less
Targeted Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Enhance Speech-Language Treatment Outcome in Persons With Chronic Post-Stroke Aphasia
62 patients who are one year post stroke and have Aphasia as a result of that stroke will be recruited. Participants will have 4 assessment sessions and 15 treatment sessions. The TDCS will be to right Inferior Frontal Gyrus (IFG) (25 active, 25 sham) for 15 days. A combined semantic feature analysis/phonological components analysis treatment will be paired with the stimulation. Two assessment sessions will be pretreatment, 1 session immediately post-treatment, and 1 session at 3 months follow-up.
Inclusion: aged 25-85; must be greater than 6 months post-stroke; must have a diagnosis of aphasia based on impaired performance on the Western Aphasia Battery-Revised, Boston Naming Test, or during discourse production; must be left-hemisphere dominant as demonstrated by aphasia onset subsequent to left hemisphere damage; must be stimulable for naming.
Exclusion: comorbid neurological disease; significant mood disorder; damage to the anterior right hemisphere; substance/alcohol dependence or abuse within the past year; presence of any implanted electrical device or contraindications to tDCS or MRI; recent medical instability (within 4 weeks); pregnancy.