Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to enhance treatment effects in aphasia

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to enhance treatment effects in aphasia - tDCS to treat aphasia

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON56678

Enrollment

Registered

2013-06-04

Start date

2014-03-17

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-29

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Conditions

Aphasia. Language disorder after stroke

Interventions

The experimental group receives language training + tDCS (transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

20 min, 1mA: 2x 5 therapy sessions). The control group receives language training + StDCS (Sham transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, i.e. inactive stimulation

20 min, 1mA: 2x 5 therapy sessions)

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Aphasia after stroke Time post onset

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Subarachnoïd Haemorrhage (SAH) Prior stroke resulting in aphasia Brain surgery in the past Epileptic activity in the past 12 months Excessive use of alcohol or drugs Insufficient level of Dutch premorbidly Premorbid (suspected) dementia Premorbid psychiatric disease affecting communication Severe nonlinguistic cognitive disturbances impeding language therapy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Boston Naming Test (BNT)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Amsterdam Nijmegen Test voor Alledaagse Taalvaardigheden (ANTAT) EuroQOL-5D; Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life Scale (SAQOL) Werk en Zorg vragenlijst Size and location of the lesion fMRI: Laterality index (only for participants from the Rijndam rehabilitation center)	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)