Dextroamphetamine and tDCS to Improve the Fluency
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Official title
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Melodic Intonation Therapy Combined With Dextroamphetamine in Chronic Stroke Patients With Non-fluent Aphasia; Safety and Efficacy Phase
Brief summary
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The proposed study aims to evaluate safety and efficacy of combined dextroamphetamine (Dexedrine) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) with melodic intonation therapy (MIT) for treatment of aphasia after stroke. The target population is patients with chronic speech deficits due to a left hemisphere non-hemorrhagic stroke. Findings from this proposed project will help in the design of future larger studies.The safety phase will use cross-over, placebo controlled and single-blinded design. 10 participants with post stroke chronic non-fluent aphasia will undergo two experiments. To study the safety and effect of combined dextroamphetamine, tDCS and MIT therapy the study will use a parallel-groups, randomized, sham and placebo controlled, and double-blinded design in which 48 participants with post stroke chronic non-fluent aphasia will be randomly assigned to receive either 1) dextroamphetamine therapy with active stimulation, 2) placebo medication with active stimulation, 3) dextroamphetamine therapy with sham stimulation or 4) placebo medication with sham stimulation for the same duration.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02514044
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 10 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Dexedrine Drug
- Active tDCS Device
- Speech Therapy Behavioral
- Placebo Drug
- Sham tDCS Device
Drug · Device · Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 28, 2015
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2015
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2015
- Last update posted
- Aug 2, 2018
2015
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas Health Science Center | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
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