Clinical Trial

Brain Stimulation Effects on Post-Stroke Fatigue and Aphasia

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Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if electrical brain stimulation applied to the front parts of the brain can help people who have had a stroke improve their fatigue, language, and attention. The main question it aims to answer is: * Does transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) administered to the pre-frontal areas of the brain improve post-stroke fatigue and aphasia? * What kinds of participant characteristics are associated with better improvement of post-stroke fatigue and aphasia? Researchers will compare active electrical stimulation to sham stimulation to see if the active stimulation does a better job at reducing fatigue and language deficits after stroke. Participants will be asked to complete fatigue, language, and cognitive testing before and after receiving 10 sessions of tDCS plus speech and language therapy.
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT07151677
Lead Sponsor Syracuse University
Collaborators: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Conditions Aphasia Following Cerebral Infarction, Stroke Ischemic, Fatigue Symptom
Enrollment 60 participants
Start Date 2025-08-04
Primary Completion 2029-09 (estimated)
Study Completion 2029-11 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2025-09-03