Status:
UNKNOWN
Improvement of Language Disturbances After Stroke by Intensive Training and Electrical Brain Stimulation
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital Muenster
Conditions:
Aphasia
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
PHASE2
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The study aims to identify if intensive language training, consisting mainly of computer-based object naming, together with electrical brain stimulation, will lead to an improvement of language functi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- chronic stroke (\> 1 year after event)
- aphasia due to stroke with naming impairment
- German as first language
- first-ever stroke
Exclusion
- more than 1 stroke
- progressive stroke
- history of severe alcohol or drug abuse, psychiatric illnessess like severe depression, poor motivational capacity
- dementia
- contraindications for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00822068
Start Date
January 1 2009
End Date
December 1 2009
Last Update
January 14 2009
Active Locations (1)
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1
Department of Neurology, University of Muenster; Department of Neurology, University of Berlin
Muenster / Berlin, NRW/Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany, 48129/10098