Clinical Trial

Superiority Trial of Aphasia-focused Rehabilitation With tDCS Stimulation

Study acronym: STARS
Recruiting Phase 2/3
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Summary
The purpose of this study is to help us understand if adding transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), a non-invasive brain stimulation technique, to Speech Therapy improves language recovery in people with Broca's aphasia and is more effective than Speech Therapy alone.
Protocol Amendment History 8 changes
critical Recruitment opened 2026-07-14
critical Trial status changed: Withheld → Not Yet Recruiting 2026-07-11
critical Phase changed: not specified -> Phase 2/3 2026-07-11
critical Primary endpoint(s) modified 2026-07-11
notable Enrollment changed: None -> 130 2026-07-11
notable Sponsor changed: [Redacted] -> University of South Carolina 2026-07-11
minor Trial arms changed: 0 -> 3 2026-07-11
notable Trial sites expanded: 0 -> 3 locations 2026-07-11
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT07688551
Lead Sponsor University of South Carolina
Collaborators: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Conditions Aphasia, Broca's Aphasia
Enrollment 130 participants
Start Date 2026-07-14
Primary Completion 2030-03 (estimated)
Study Completion 2030-06 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2026-07-21