Status:

WITHDRAWN

tDCS and Speech Therapy for Motor Speech Disorders Caused by FTLD Syndromes: a Feasibility Study

Lead Sponsor:

University of California, San Francisco

Collaborating Sponsors:

Halo Neuroscience

Conditions:

Nonfluent Aphasia, Progressive

Primary Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-95 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators will test the feasibility of using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and speech therapy to treat participants with motor speech disorders caused by Frontotemporal Lobar ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Mini Mental Status Exam score \> 10
  • diagnosis of nfvPPA via Gorno-Tempini 2011 criteria, or a diagnosis of FTLD syndrome including progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal syndrome or behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia PLUS a motor speech disorder (apraxia of speech and/or dysarthria)
  • able to give consent
  • right-handed
  • native English speaker
  • having a caregiver who is also able to sign and understand the caregiver's consent form.

Exclusion

  • History of:
  • stroke
  • TBI
  • brain cancer
  • seizures
  • craniotomy, skull surgery or fracture
  • metallic implant in head
  • pacemaker or cardioverter-defibrillator
  • pregnancy.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 30 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04883229

Start Date

July 1 2022

End Date

November 30 2023

Last Update

August 19 2022

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