Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Post-stroke Aphasia

Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Aphasia

In brief

This study aims to determine whether transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) paired with speech-language therapy is more beneficial than speech-language therapy alone in acute and chronic post-stroke aphasia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02622945

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

0

Starts

2014-02-01

Expected to finish

2020-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-11-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Clinically diagnosed with with post-stroke aphasia and word-retrieval deficits
• Premorbid speakers of English
• Diagnosis will be based on neuropsychological testing, language testing (most commonly the Western Aphasia Battery), MRI and clinical assessment
• Stroke size: any l
• Location: Left hemisphere strokes only from any etiology.
• Time since stroke onset: 1 day to 20 years.

You may not qualify if…

• uncorrected visual or hearing impairment by self report
• other premorbid neurological disorder affecting the brain
• any other language-based learning disorder or other neurodegenerative disorder such as Alzheimer's Disease or Primary Progressive Aphasia
• premorbidly diagnosed with a developmental language disorder
• Pregnant women will also be excluded

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Medicine — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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