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Patient-tailored Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Improve Stroke Rehabilitation
Led by Christina Kruuse · Updated on 2024-07-11
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Participants Needed
3
Research Sites
118 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
C
Christina Kruuse
Lead Sponsor
D
Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
In a double-blinded sham-controlled study the effect of patient-tailored transcranial direct current stimulation during rehabilitation training will be examined.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Patient-tailored Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Improve Stroke Rehabilitation
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age >18 years
- Confirmed ischemic stroke by clinical and imaging criteria
- Hemiparesis with reduced upper-extremity function
- Stroke located in cortical areas supplied by middle or anterior cerebral artery or subcortical regions (thalamus, basal ganglia)
- NIH Stroke Scale score greater than 2 and less than 8
- Modified Rankin Scale score 3 or less
- Stroke occurred within 4 weeks prior to inclusion
- Signed informed consent
You will not qualify if you...
- More than 50% stenosis of extra- or intracranial artery or vascular malformations/aneurysms seen on CT angiography
- Stroke exclusively in spine, pons, brainstem, medulla, or cerebellum
- History of seizures, epilepsy, anxiety, dementia, or substance abuse
- Prior serious head injury or brain surgery
- Frequent severe headaches or migraines
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Current use of medications affecting neuroreceptors or seizure threshold
- Presence of pacemaker, implantable cardiac device, metal incompatible with MRI
- Claustrophobia
- Previous adverse reaction to TDCS or transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Unable to provide informed consent
- Terminal illness or short life expectancy
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 3 locations
1
Copenhagen University Department of Nutrition and Exercise
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2200
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2
Department of Neurology, Herlev Gentofte Hospital
Herlev, Denmark, 2730
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3
Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance
Hvidovre, Denmark, 2650
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Research Team
C
Christina Krusse, MD, Prof
CONTACT
M
Mia Kolmos, MD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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