Status:
RECRUITING
HD-tDCS for Phonological Impairment in Aphasia
Lead Sponsor:
Medical College of Wisconsin
Conditions:
Aphasia
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-85 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
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.
Detailed Description
Aphasia is a disturbance of language, primarily caused by brain injury to the left cerebral hemisphere. Aphasia treatments include speech and language therapy and pharmacologic therapy, but several st...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 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.
Exclusion
- 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.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 3 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
January 1 2033
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06010030
Start Date
October 3 2023
End Date
January 1 2033
Last Update
January 10 2025
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Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226