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Clinical trialNCT01709383CompletedInterventional

Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) to Improve Post-Stroke Aphasia

SponsorGeorgetown UniversityEnrollment38Aphasia
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Summary

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This study tests whether weak electrical stimulation of the brain is effective in improving language or reading difficulties occurring after a brain injury or stroke.

Investigators

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  • Peter Turkeltaub, M.D., Ph.D.

    Georgetown University and MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital

    Principal Investigator

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Sites

2 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Georgetown University

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

  • Medstar National Rehabilitation Hospital

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
31 Dec 2012
Primary completion
31 Jul 2015
Completion
30 Sept 2015
Last update posted
6 Jul 2017
Registered enrollment
38
Registry id
NCT01709383

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.