NCT06010030Active, not recruiting
HD-tDCS for Phonological Impairment in Aphasia
A Randomized Clinical Trial of tDCS to Remediate Phonological Impairment in Aphasia
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Mar 2026
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)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 200 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 18 Aug 2023
- Start date
- 3 Oct 2023
- Primary completion date
- 1 Jan 2033
- Lead sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT06010030
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 200
- From 3 Oct 2023 to the primary completion date, 1 Jan 2033
- 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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Age
- Advanced neurodegenerative disease (i.e. Stage 3 Alzheimer's disease)
- Neurologic disease (e.g. idiopathic epilepsy, seizure disorders that are not well managed, Parkinson's disease, ALS),
- Severe psychopathology (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, acute major depressive episode)
- 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, inability to see or hear stimulus materials.
- Younger than 18 or older than 85.
- \< 6 months post tumor resection.
Who the study is looking for
- Patients must be 18 or older.
- Patients may not be older than 85.
- Patients must have a language deficit from left-sided focal neurologic damage (e.g. stroke, tumor).
- Patients must be adults and have English-language fluency.
- Patients must be eligible to undergo MRI.
- Beyond meeting the inclusion criteria, no preference will be given on the basis of race, ethnicity or gender.
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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