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Electrical Stimulation in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Induced Aphasia

The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Naming Ability in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury Induced Aphasia

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03882502
Enrollment
40
Registered
2019-03-20
Start date
2019-02-01
Completion date
2020-12-31
Last updated
2020-02-07

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Conditions

Aphasia, TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), tDCS

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to investigate whether a tDCS-accompanied intensive naming therapy leads to a performance improvement in patients with chronic aphasia induced by a moderate TBI

Interventions

OTHERanodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)- accompanied naming therapy or sham stimulation

anodal tDCS or sham stimulation will be combined with an intensive naming training and the number of items that could be named will be assessed immediately after the intervention.

Sponsors

P.A.N.-Zentrum
CollaboratorOTHER
Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin
CollaboratorOTHER
Kliniken Beelitz GmbH
CollaboratorOTHER
University Medicine Greifswald
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* aphasia assessed by Aachener Aphasie Test (AAT) \> 6 month after moderate TBI * Age: 18 - 80 years * right handedness

Exclusion criteria

* dementia or other neurological diseases * History of severe alcoholism or use of drugs * Severe psychiatric disorders such as depression, psychosis (if not in remission) * Severe untreated medical problems such as cancer

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Naming ability assessed by2 weeksPerformance in a standardised naming task (Boston Naming Task, BNT) under anodal tDCS compared to sham assessed immediately after training period

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Primary ContactAgnes Floeel, Prof
agnes.floeel@uni-greifswald.de+49 3834 86 6815
Backup ContactKatharina Wuesten, PhD
katharina.wuesten@uni-greifswald.de+49 3834 86 6754

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026