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NCT number NCT06092814
Other study ID # 854139
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date June 1, 2024
Est. completion date August 31, 2028

Study information

Verified date April 2024
Source University of Pennsylvania
Contact Daniela Sacchetti, MS
Phone 215 573 4336
Email danielas@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this study is to see if transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) can be used to enhance language abilities in people with post-stroke aphasia. Participants will receive real and sham tACS in conjunction with various language tests. Researchers will compare the post-stroke aphasia group with aged matched controls to see if brain response to tACS differs between groups.


Description:

This research will investigate whether transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), a form of noninvasive brain stimulation, can be used to enhance language abilities in people with aphasia (PWA) due to stroke and healthy older adults when compared to placebo (sham) tACS. The investigators hypothesize that alpha vs. sham tACS will improve language abilities. In addition, the investigators propose that alpha vs. sham tACS will increase local alpha power as well as alpha-induced functional connectivity, and the degree to which alpha tACS increases will be related to the degree of language performance improvement. Finally, the investigators hypothesize that PWA will exhibit abnormalities in alpha-related activity when compared to matched controls, and aphasia severity will be associated with the degree of PWA dysfunction in alpha power and alpha-driven functional connectivity.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 120
Est. completion date August 31, 2028
Est. primary completion date August 31, 2028
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 85 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria for Persons with Aphasia: 1. Presence of aphasia 2. Suffered a single, left hemisphere stroke 3. Stroke =6 months old (chronic) at the time of enrollment Inclusion Criteria for Healthy Controls: 1. Right-handedness 2. Must be able to understand the nature of the study, and give informed consent Exclusion criteria for Persons with Aphasia: 1. Inability to understand the nature of the study 2. Marked naming impairment 3. Impaired non-verbal, conceptual processing 4. History of significant medical or neurological disorder (other than stroke) 5. History of significant or poorly controlled psychiatric disorders 6. Current abuse of alcohol or drugs, prescription or otherwise 7. Nursing a child, pregnancy, or intent to become pregnant during the study 8. Clinically significant hearing loss 9. Contraindications to tACS 10. Contraindications to MRI Exclusion Criteria for Healthy Controls 1. Diagnosis of a neurodegenerative disease or clinically significant cognitive complaint 2. Any unrelated neurologic or physical condition that impairs communication ability 3. History of unrelated neurological conditions including but not limited to traumatic brain injury, stroke, or small vessel disease that has resulted in a neurologic deficit 4. Any additional neurological condition that would likely reduce the safety of study participation, including central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis, intracranial tumor, intracranial aneurysm, multiple sclerosis or arteriovenous malformations 5. A medically unstable cardiopulmonary or metabolic disorder 6. Terminal illness associated with survival <12 months 7. Major active psychiatric illness that may interfere with required study procedures or treatments as determined by the enrolling physician 8. Current abuse of alcohol or drugs, prescription or otherwise 9. Contraindications to tACS 10. Contraindications to MRI

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Device:
Active transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS)
Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) is a device that applies a low-intensity electrical current to the brain through electrodes on the scalp.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Pennsylvania

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Performance on the Blocked-Cyclic Naming (BCN) Task The BCN tasks involves naming a set of pictures repeatedly. Sets of pictures come from either the same semantic category (high competition condition; e.g., categorically related: "dog", "cat", "panda") or different semantic categories (low competition condition; e.g., unrelated: dog, eye, crib). 5-10 minutes after a single session of active (alpha tACS) and sham (fake tACS).
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