TDCS in Acute Stroke

Charite University, Berlin, Germany100 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety of transcranial direct current stimulation in aphasia therapy in acute and post-acute stroke.

TDCS has been shown to have a positive effect on clinical outcome in both motor rehabilitation and aphasia treatment in chronic aphasic patients. In healthy subjects the method sped up reaction times in naming and language learning tasks. In TDCS a weak current is applied to the subjects head increasing excitatory activity which might lead to improved brain function.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Stroke

Interventions

DKI ED2011DEVICE

Sham-TDCSDEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 85 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * first media stroke * language impairment * informed consent * right handedness * NIHSS \< 20 Exclusion Criteria: * previous Epilepsy oder epileptogenic events * epilepsy typical elements in EEG * hypersensitive skin (head) * metal implants (head) * pace maker or other electronic implants * previous head/brain surgery * medication reducing seizure threshold * previous psychiatric events

Locations (2)

Brandenburg Klinik Bernau

Bernau bei Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany

RECRUITING

Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Dep. of Neurology

Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany

COMPLETED

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

skin irritation

Time frame: 2 months

Secondary Outcomes

Improved language

improved picture naming

Time frame: 2 months

Central Contacts

Gerhard J Jungehuelsing, MD

CONTACT

jan.jungehuelsing@charite.de

Isabell Wartenburger, Prof. MD

CONTACT

isabell.wartenburger@uni-potsdam.de

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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