NCT03728582View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Rehabilitating and Decelerating Language Loss in Primary Progressive Aphasia With tDCS Plus Language Therapy

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

8

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 10, 2018

Primary Completion Date

March 30, 2022

Study Completion Date

March 30, 2022

Conditions
Primary Progressive AphasiaPPA
Interventions
DEVICE

Active tDCS plus Speech-Language Therapy

1-2 milliamps (mA) of Anodal tDCS stimulation is induced between 5cm X5 cm saline soaked sponges where one sponge is placed on the left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG). The stimulation will be delivered at an intensity of 1-2 mA in a ramp-like fashion for a maximum of 20 minutes. Speech-language therapy will be verb naming therapy in a sentence context.

DEVICE

Sham tDCS plus Speech-Language Therapy

Sham tDCS stimulation is provided to the left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) using a tDCS device. Speech-language therapy will be verb naming therapy in a sentence context.

Trial Locations (1)

21287

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Johns Hopkins University

OTHER

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