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NCT05446584RecruitingPhase 2

Pathways Relating Amnestic MCI to a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury History

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 20 Jul 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study will probe if the biological changes in amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) are related to a history of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) using high definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) and blood-derived biomarker tools. Participants who Do as well as those who Do Not have a history of mTBI will be enrolled in the study.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
75 (estimated)
First submitted
28 Jun 2022
Start date
20 Apr 2023
Primary completion date
1 May 2027
Lead sponsor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
NCT number
NCT05446584

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 75
  • From 20 Apr 2023 to the primary completion date, 1 May 2027
  • 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

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Any electronic and or metallic implants in the skull or brain
  • Current medication use known to alter HD-tDCS reactivity

Other illness

  • Lifetime history of moderate or severe brain injury
  • Lifetime major neurologic syndromes (e.g., stroke, epilepsy, brain tumor)
  • Lifetime major cardiovascular conditions (e.g., heart attack, heart failure)
  • Current substance use disorder
  • Current major psychiatric disorders (e.g., major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder)
  • Current vision or hearing impairment that interferes with testing

Other

  • Mild traumatic brain injury within past year

Who the study is looking for

  • Active diagnosis of amnestic mild cognitive impairment
  • Presence of an mTBI history for the mTBI+ group; absence of an mTBI history for a control sample
  • Female and male subjects
  • All races/ethnicities
  • Age 55 years and older
  • Fluent in English

Age in the registry: 55 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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DallasUnited StatesRecruiting

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