Personalized Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Stroke Recovery

Recruiting now · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Stroke, Chronic Stroke, Hemorrhage Brain, Ischemic Stroke

In brief

The central objective of this application is to explore the neural substrate of personalized tDCS (ptDCS) and to determine whether the paradigm for each stroke patient can predict the amount of sustained clinical improvement through increased connectivity as measured by a biomarker of plasticity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06286800

Run by

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

People needed

80

Starts

2024-12-18

Expected to finish

2027-09-14

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Symptomatic ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke verified by computerized axial tomography or magnetic resonance imaging resulting in hemiparesis (MRC 1-4).
• Age more than 18, Male or Female, All racial and ethnic groups
• Entry into the study >3 months post onset
• Modified Ashworth Scale Score <3 in the involved upper extremity
• Passive range of motion within functional ranges at the shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand
• Able to follow 2 step commands

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with history of severe alcohol or drug abuse, psychiatric illnesses like severe depression, poor motivational capacity, or severe language disturbances, particularly of receptive nature or with serious cognitive deficits (defined as unable to follow study instructions).
• Patients with bilateral paresis, or weakness or sensory damage due to peripheral causes (e.g. peripheral nerve injury, muscle or orthopedic injury etc.)
• Patients with severe uncontrolled medical problems (e.g. cardiovascular disease, severe rheumatoid arthritis, active joint deformity of arthritic origin, active cancer or renal disease, any kind of end-stage pulmonary or cardiovascular disease, or a deteriorated condition due to age,epilepsy or others).
• Patients with unstable cardiac arrhythmia.
• Pregnancy
• Patients with metallic implants in the head, patients with pacemakers, patients with craniotomies, including burr holes who cannot be safely stimulated
• Patients with seizures
• Non-English speaking individuals will only be eligible if they can provide the appropriate translator for all the sessions of the study as no funding is available to pay for such services.

Where it is running

• Houston Methodist Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States (enrolling)

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