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Investigating if a Stronger tDCS Intensity is More Effective for Improving Naming Ability in People Living With Alzheimer's Disease

B

Baycrest

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Alzheimer Disease

Treatments

Device: transcranial direct current stimulation and naming training

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

There is currently little symptomatic therapy for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and nothing effective for individuals with Frontotemporal dementia (FTD). However, neuromodulation with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has the potential to be a clinically effective therapy for both AD and FTD. The challenge now is to specify the parameters and conditions under which tDCS is most effective to transition from the laboratory to clinical medicine. tDCS studies typically report significant group effects despite the variability demonstrated among participants, with some showing clear, meaningful improvement, while others only show statistical improvement or none at all. These variable results may be related to the conventional stimulation intensity level of 2mA. The investigators predict that administering tDCS at 4.0 mA, a more significant number of participants would show a meaningful response, and those who improve at 2mA may improve even more from 4.0mA due to having a larger electric field produced. The investigators aim to test this hypothesis in people with Alzheimer's Disease.

Enrollment

42 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

50 to 90 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Mild to Moderate AD
  • Score between 18 and 25 on the MoCA
  • Score on the Cambridge Naming Task during the pre-assessment

Exclusion criteria

  • No history of stroke or TBI
  • No shunts or metal in the body
  • No history of significant heart disease, alcoholism and drug use

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

42 participants in 3 patient groups

4mA Stimulation
Experimental group
Treatment:
Device: transcranial direct current stimulation and naming training
2mA Stimulation
Active Comparator group
Treatment:
Device: transcranial direct current stimulation and naming training
SHAM
Sham Comparator group
Treatment:
Device: transcranial direct current stimulation and naming training

Trial documents
2

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Carlos Roncero, PhD

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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