Status:
COMPLETED
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Speech in Aphasia
Lead Sponsor:
Boston University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)
Conditions:
Aphasia
Cerebrovascular Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
45-80 years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to examine whether repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can be used to improve speech in chronic stroke patients with aphasia. Aphasia patients can have pro...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this research is to investigate whether repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can improve speech in chronic stroke patients with aphasia. TMS allows painless, n...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Right Handed
- Single, Left Hemisphere Cerebrovascular Stroke
- Must be at least 6 months poststroke onset
- Native Speaker of English
- Clinical Diagnosis of Aphasia
Exclusion
- Intracranial metallic body from prior neurosurgical procedure
- Implanted metallic devices: pacemaker, medication pump, vagal stimulator, deep brain stimulator, TENS unit or ventriculoperitoneal shunt
- Past history of seizure within 1 year
- Pregnancy
- History of substance abuse within last 6 months
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2002
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
63 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00608582
Start Date
July 1 2002
End Date
June 1 2013
Last Update
January 31 2017
Active Locations (3)
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1
VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain Campus, Boston University Aphasia Research Center (12-A), 150 So. Huntington Ave.
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02130
2
Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, 330 Brookline Ave, Kirstein Bldg., Dept. of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
3
Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3 W. Gates Bldg.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104-4283