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Active anodal tDCS + cognitive training for Traumatic Brain Injury

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Led By William Shuttleworth, PhD
Research Sponsored by University of New Mexico
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be between 18 and 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 1 month
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Study Summary

Patients with mild-moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) sustained between 3 months and 5 years ago with prolonged postconcussive symptoms will be recruited. On Day 1 of the study they will undergo neuropsychological (NP) testing. They will then undergo 10 days of Left dorsolateral prefrontal (DLPFC) anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) (active or sham) combined with cognitive training. On day 10 NP testing will be obtained again. On Day 30, NP testing will be repeated a 3rd time. At 6 months and 1 year, quality of life, depression, and post concussive symptoms will be assessed.

Eligible Conditions
  • Executive Dysfunction
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Depression
  • Post-Concussion Syndrome

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~1 month
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1 month for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary outcome measures
Examiner Score

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Placebo Group
Group I: Active anodal tDCS + cognitive trainingExperimental Treatment2 Interventions
In this arm, patients with mmTBI will undergo 10 sessions of active tDCS x 30 minutes combined with simultaneous cognitive training on consecutive weekdays.
Group II: Placebo anodal tDCS + cognitive trainingPlacebo Group1 Intervention
In this arm, patients with mmTBI will undergo 10 sessions of placebo tDCS x 30 minutes combined with simultaneous cognitive training on consecutive weekdays.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Cognitive training
2019
Completed Phase 3
~1480
Anodal tDCS
2010
Completed Phase 2
~580

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Who is running the clinical trial?

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)NIH
268 Previous Clinical Trials
248,720 Total Patients Enrolled
University of New MexicoLead Sponsor
372 Previous Clinical Trials
3,528,749 Total Patients Enrolled
National Institutes of Health (NIH)NIH
2,696 Previous Clinical Trials
6,952,548 Total Patients Enrolled

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for the Treatment of Deficits After Traumatic Brain Injury
2015. "Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for the Treatment of Deficits After Traumatic Brain Injury". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02613936.
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