tDCS for Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment
This study is looking at how a treatment called Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) might help people who have memory and thinking problems after a stroke. tDCS uses a device to send a low-level electrical current through electrodes placed on your head. The study aims to see if this stimulation changes how your brain works and improves your memory. You might be able to join if you are between 18 and 99 years old, had an ischemic stroke (a stroke caused by a blood clot) between 10 days and 5 months ago, and have mild cognitive impairment (difficulty with thinking or memory). The researchers will measure success by looking at changes in your cognitive test scores, like the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and NIH Toolbox, over two weeks, one month, and three months. The current status of this study is unclear.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 80 participants. It is designed to evaluate the effects of tDCS on brain function and memory.
- What's involved
- You would undergo electrical stimulation, participate in memory tasks, and have non-invasive brain imaging (fNIRS and EEG). Blood samples will also be collected, and you will complete cognitive tests and questionnaires.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your cognitive abilities will be measured after two weeks, one month, and three months following the intervention.
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tDCS for Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment
At a glance
Conditions
NCT06516588
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahomastudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Who to contact
Opens a ready-to-send draft in your own email app — review before sending.
What this trial measures
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)Changes from baseline after intervention week (two weeks), one and three months
It is a 30-point test about several cognitive domains (visuospatial/executive, naming, memory, attention, language, abstraction, delayed recall and orientation) and a screening tool used of MCI and dementia.
- NIH ToolboxChanges from baseline after one and three months
NIH Toolbox tests is a computarize test that acess fluid abilities (i.e., working memory, processing speed, episodic memory, and two aspects of executive functioning) and crystallized abilities (i.e., dependent upon past learning and experience), resulting in Standard Scores for these superordinate categories, as well as a total Composite score of all tests.These norms were previously reported to align with the age-corrected normative data for the traditional neuropsychological measures.