NCT07864792Not yet recruiting
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Improve Gait for Breast Cancer Survivor's Who Received Taxene and/or Platinum Chemotherapy
A Randomized, Sham Controlled, Double Blinded, Crossover Mechanistic Trial of the Impact of Transcranial Direct Current to the Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex on Gait in Older Breast Cancer Survivor's Post-Taxane Chemotherapy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This clinical trial tests the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to improve gait in older breast cancer survivors who received taxane and/or platinum chemotherapy. Chemotherapy, especially taxane or platinum therapy, can cause damage to the to the nerves resulting in numbness, tingling and pain, which can cause difficulty walking. It can also cause cognitive dysfunction which may effect gait. TDCS is a non-invasive brain stimulation device which uses a very mild electrical current applied to the scalp to temporarily stimulate a specific area of the brain involved in thinking and movement which may improve walking, particularly while doing two things at once. TDCS may be effective in improving gait for older breast cancer survivors who received taxane and/or platinum chemotherapy.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 2 Oct 2026
- Start date
- 1 Sept 2026
- Primary completion date
- 30 Sept 2029
- Lead sponsor
- University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
- Diseases
- Metastatic breast cancer
- NCT number
- NCT07864792
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 60
- From 1 Sept 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Sept 2029
- 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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Prior treatment
- Diagnosis of a gait disorder, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease or dementia, multiple sclerosis, previous stroke or other neurodegenerative disorder
- Active neurotoxic chemotherapy (taxane, platinum or vinca alkaloid) or radiation therapy
Other illness
- Hospitalization within the past three months due to acute illness or as the result of a musculoskeletal injury significantly affecting gait or balance
- Any unstable medical condition
- Myocardial infarction within the past six months
- History of immune check point inhibitor therapy
- Any history of brain or cervical spine surgery, known hearing, visual, or vestibular impairment
- Contraindications to transcranial direct simulation (tDCS), including reported seizure within the past two years,, metal objects in head or neck, self-reported presence of specific implanted medical devices (e.g., deep brain stimulator, cochlear implant, vagus nerve stimulator, spinal cord stimulator, pacemakers, and intracardiac devices, etc.), or the presence of any active dermatological condition, such as eczema, on the scalp
Other
- Chronic vertigo
Who the study is looking for
- Women aged 60-85 years
- Breast cancer survivors, stages I-IV without clinical suspicion or evidence of brain metastasis
- Completion of last taxane and/or platinum chemotherapy treatment ≥ 6 months prior, but chemotherapy was received after the age of 60. Taxane combined with a history of platinum, anthracycline and/or cyclophosphamide is permitted. Active anti-estrogen therapy, Anti-HER2, and CDK 4/6 inhibitors are permitted
- Ability to walk unassisted for 60 seconds
- Proficient in English
- Without neurological disease, aside from chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) or chemotherapy related cognitive dysfunction (CRCD)
- No history of a second cancer besides skin cancer
Age in the registry: 60 years to 85 years · Sex: Female · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ann Arbor | United States | Unknown status |
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