Clinical Trial

Harnessing Neuroplasticity to Enhance Functional Recovery During Chronic Recovery From Upper Extremity Nerve Repair

Recruiting
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Record status
This record was last updated June 12, 2024 (before its estimated June 1, 2025 completion). Its status may not reflect the trial's current state.
Summary
This study adopts a strategy that has arisen from basic neuroscience research on facilitating adaptive brain plasticity and applies this to rehabilitation to improve functional recovery in peripheral nervous system injuries (including hand transplantation, hand replantation, and surgically repaired upper extremity nerve injuries). The technique involves combining behavioral training with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)-a non-invasive form of brain stimulation capable of facilitating adaptive changes in brain organization.
Protocol Amendment History 11 amendments
This ClinicalTrials.gov record has been amended 11 times since 2018-07-25; most recent amendment 2026-04-07.
Status change: Recruiting → Terminated 2026-03-05
Status change: Completed → Recruiting 2023-05-12
Status change: Recruiting → Completed 2021-09-29
Status change: Suspended → Recruiting 2020-06-29
Status change: Recruiting → Suspended 2020-05-30
Status change: Not Yet Recruiting → Recruiting 2018-08-17
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT03610763
Lead Sponsor University of Missouri-Columbia
Collaborators: Washington University School of Medicine, Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery
Conditions Hand Transplantation, Peripheral Nerve Injuries, Neurologic Rehabilitation
Enrollment 180 participants
Start Date 2018-08-15
Primary Completion 2025-06-01 (estimated)
Study Completion 2025-06-01 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2024-06-12