Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Constraint Induced Language Therapy for Alzheimer Disease
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Official title
A Phase II, Randomized, Blinded Study of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Constraint Induced Language Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Aphasia - Alzheimer Disease Sub-study
Brief summary
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Impaired verbal communication is a cardinal symptom of Alzheimer Disease (AD) and the source of enormous distress and disability. Effective therapies for this deficit are lacking. In light of the emerging literature demonstrating that Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) improves general cognition in subjects with Alzheimer Disease (AD), the investigators propose to study the effectiveness of TMS as a therapy for impaired verbal communication. The hypothesis to be tested is that TMS combined with Constraint Induced Language Therapy (CILT) improves verbal communication more than sham TMS and CILT. A second aim is to use state-of-the-art neuroimaging to understand the mechanisms underlying any beneficial effect of the treatment.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04482179
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Enrollment
- 23 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 60 Years to 85 Years
- 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 18, 2020
- Primary completion
- Aug 30, 2024
- Completion
- Aug 30, 2024
- Last update posted
- Sep 14, 2025
2020 – 2024
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | — |
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- Last update posted Sep 14, 2025 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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