Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Post-stroke Patients on Neuromotor Recovery

NCT ID: NCT05821816

Last Updated: 2025-03-13

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-03-02

Study Completion Date

2025-02-01

Brief Summary

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The aim of the study is to evaluate whether a non-invasive brain stimulation technique (Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation) can influence the secondary neurodegeneration observed after a stroke (assessed based on serum concentration of neurofilaments) and can improve the functional outcome.

Detailed Description

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The present preliminary study aims to evaluate the effects of tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation) on functional recovery in subacute stroke patients and on neurodegeneration, measuring Neurofilament light chain (NfL) in blood.

It will evaluate:

* baseline NfL levels in patients with subacute stroke;
* the correlation between motor recovery and the blood concentration of NfL in subjects treated with tDCS compared to the control group.
* the effect of tDCS on motor recovery and NfL levels in the 3 months after the stroke event;

Conditions

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Stroke

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Experimental Group

Standard rehabilitative treatment for stroke + tDCS

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

tDCS

Intervention Type DEVICE

Use of Transcranial direct current stimulation for 20 minutes per day, 5 days a week, at 2mA

Conventional rehabilitative treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Physiotherapy treatment consisting in two treatments per day of 40 minutes each

Control Group

Only standard rehabilitative treatment for stroke

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Conventional rehabilitative treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Physiotherapy treatment consisting in two treatments per day of 40 minutes each

Interventions

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tDCS

Use of Transcranial direct current stimulation for 20 minutes per day, 5 days a week, at 2mA

Intervention Type DEVICE

Conventional rehabilitative treatment

Physiotherapy treatment consisting in two treatments per day of 40 minutes each

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* partecipants with a first episode of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke
* partecipants must be enrolled within 30 days from the stroke

Exclusion Criteria

* partecipants with previous episodes of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke (evaluation by neuroimaging required)
* uncooperative patients
* medically unstable patients
* partecipants with any other neurodegenerative diseases
* epilepsies
* multiple ischemic lesions
* encephalic trunk ischemic lesions
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione Santa Lucia

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Stefano Brunelli

MD, Physiatrist of the Operative Unit 4 for inpatient rehabilitation

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Stefano Brunelli, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione Santa Lucia, Roma, Italy

Locations

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I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione Santa Lucia

Roma, Italy, Italy

Site Status

Countries

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Italy

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Other Identifiers

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Prot. CE/2022_031

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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