NCT01970384

Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Dysphagia Therapy in Acute Stroke Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital Muenster · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether transcranial direct current stimulation of the cerebral swallow motor cortex in addition to standard care can enhance recovery of swallow function in acute dysphagic stroke patients compared to sham treatment plus standard care.

Conditions

• Stroke
• Dysphagia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Transcranial direct current stimulation	20 Minutes of transcranial direct current stimulation (20 min, 1 mA) administered over the contralesional cortical swallow motor area once daily over 4 consecutive days. In case of a brainstem stroke stimulation will be applied over the cortical swallow motor area of the right hemisphere.
DEVICE	Sham stimulation	20 Minutes of sham transcranial direct current stimulation (20 min, no current applied) administered over the contralesional cortical swallow motor area once daily over 4 consecutive days. In case of a brainstem stroke sham stimulation will be applied over the cortical swallow motor area of the right hemisphere.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-06-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2013-10-28
• Last updated: 2015-10-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany