study to the safety and effectiveness of recovery of consciousness in patients with Prolonged disorders using optimized transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

A Multi-center, randomized controlled, double-blind, prospective, cross-over, pilot study to the safety and effectiveness of recovery of consciousness in patients with Prolonged disorders of consciousness in Vegetative State/Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome or Minimally Conscious State using optimized transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0007157

Enrollment

Registered

2022-04-08

Start date

2022-05-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-03-03

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Medical Device : Group A : optimized tDCS Group B : Sham tDCS

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Person with prolonged consciousness disorder (vegetable state/responsive arousal syndrome or minimal conscious state) 2. Person who is planning to stably administer or treat an underlying disease during the trial period.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Person who has grounds for prohibition of implementing tDCS. 2. Pregnant women or lactating women. 3. Person who determines that other investigators are inappropriate to participate in clinical trials.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Korean Version of Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (K-CRSR)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Korean Version of Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (K-CRSR)	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactYunjeong Lee

The Catholic University of Korea, St. Vincent's Hospital

lisa1311@naver.com+82-31-249-8952

Outcome results