Electrical Stimulation in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Induced Aphasia

University Medicine Greifswald

Status: Unknown

Conditions: tDCS; Aphasia; TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)

Treatments: Other: anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)- accompanied naming therapy or sham stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03882502

BISCUIT Trial 2019

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate whether a tDCS-accompanied intensive naming therapy leads to a performance improvement in patients with chronic aphasia induced by a moderate TBI

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aphasia assessed by Aachener Aphasie Test (AAT) > 6 month after moderate TBI
• Age: 18 - 80 years
• right handedness

Exclusion criteria

• dementia or other neurological diseases
• History of severe alcoholism or use of drugs
• Severe psychiatric disorders such as depression, psychosis (if not in remission)
• Severe untreated medical problems such as cancer

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

stimulation group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)- accompanied naming therapy or sham stimulation

sham stimulation

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)- accompanied naming therapy or sham stimulation