Noninvasive Brain Stimulation for Stroke (NIBSstroke)

University Hospital of Mont-Godinne

Status: Suspended

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Device: tdcs (ELDITH, Neuroconn, Ilmenau, Germany)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01503073

B03920073136

Details and patient eligibility

About

Noninvasive brain stimulations will be used in acute and chronic stroke patients to improve a variety of functions.

Full description

Noninvasive brain stimulations (NIBS) will be used in acute and chronic stroke patients to improve a variety of functions such as motor functions, cognitive functions, ...

NIBS will be applied in a placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomised fashion. Behavioural data will be collected before and after NIBS, as well as brain functional imaging data.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• stroke with at least slight deficit

Exclusion criteria

• epilepsy
• contraindication to tDCS and/or to fMRI
• presence of metal in the head
• unability to understand / complete behavioural tasks
• chronic intake of alcohol or recreative drugs
• major health condition
• presence of pacemaker
• pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Real stimulation

Active Comparator group

Description:

real NIBS

Treatment:

Device: tdcs (ELDITH, Neuroconn, Ilmenau, Germany)

Sham stimulation

Sham Comparator group

Description:

sham NIBS

Treatment:

Device: tdcs (ELDITH, Neuroconn, Ilmenau, Germany)