NCT06891638Completed
Enhancing Reading Recovery in Aphasia With tDCS and Phonomotor Therapy
Enhancing Reading Recovery in Aphasia With tDCS and PMT
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study is designed for individuals with aphasia, a language disorder that affects many stroke survivors, making it difficult to read, speak, and understand language. Up to 70% of people with aphasia struggle with reading, which impacts their ability to communicate, work, and engage in daily life. The study aims to test a new approach to reading rehabilitation by combining Phono-Motor Treatment (PMT), a language therapy adapted to improve reading, with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a safe and painless brain stimulation technique. tDCS delivers a mild electrical current to the brain, which may enhance learning. This study will assess whether adding tDCS to PMT improves reading therapy outcomes.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 6 (actual)
- First submitted
- 12 Mar 2025
- Start date
- 12 May 2025
- Primary completion date
- 14 Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Kessler Foundation
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT06891638
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 6
- From 12 May 2025 to the primary completion date, 14 Feb 2026
- 2 sites 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
- Eye condition not correctable with lenses and interfering with reading (e.g., blindness)
- Brain disorders other than stroke (such as Alzheimer's Disease or Dementia, Parkinson's Disease, etc)
- Contraindications of tDCS or MRI
- Skin condition affecting the scull (e.g., psoriasis) or open wounds at the stimulation site.
- Presence of metallic implants (e.g., cardiac stimulators or pacemakers, cochlear implants)
- History of ongoing/unmanaged seizers
- Pregnancy
- Claustrophobia
- Inability to lie flat on the back
Other
- Severe apraxia of speech or cognitive deficits preventing participation.
- Participation in one-on-one aphasia rehabilitation during the study period.
Who the study is looking for
- Chronic (\>6 months) left-hemisphere stroke
- Aphasia diagnosis.
- Deficits in reading aloud.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
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 |
| Kessler Foundation Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | West Orange | United States | Unknown status |
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