The Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Poststroke Dysphagia Recovery

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 2

Conditions: Dysphagia; Stroke

Treatments: Device: rTMS, Magstim Rapid2

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02090231

2011-10-022OB

Details and patient eligibility

About

Dysphagia is one of severe complications among stroke survivors. Dysphagia is usually associated with high levels of morbidity, mortality, and financial cost. In recent years, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has shown promise to facilitate poststroke dysphagia. However, most researches were preliminary studies in the past. The present study aims to investigate the immediate and long-term efficacy of high frequency rTMS on chronic dysphagic patients.

Full description

rTMS protocol: 5 Hz real or sham stimulation, 10 minutes per day, for 10 week-days.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Poststroke dysphagia more than 3 months

Exclusion criteria

• Hx of seizure or a metalic device in brain or chest

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Real 5 Hz rTMS

Experimental group

Description:

real 5 Hz rTMS, 10 minutes per day, for 10 weekdays.

Treatment:

Device: rTMS, Magstim Rapid2

sham 5 Hz rTMS

Sham Comparator group

Description:

sham 5Hz rTMS, 10 minutes per day, for 10 weekdays.

Treatment:

Device: rTMS, Magstim Rapid2