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Post-Stroke Aphasia TMS
Recruiting
Precision Neuromodulation in Post-Stroke Aphasia Using TMS
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with left hemisphere stroke * Consent date \>= 1 month after stroke onset * Fluent in English * 18 years of age or older Exclusion Criteria: * Severe cognitive, auditory or visual impairments that would preclude cognitive and language testing * Presence of major untreated or unstable psychiatric disease (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disease) * A chronic medical condition that is not treated or is unstable * The presence of cardiac stimulators or pacemakers or intracardiac lines, neurostimulators, medication infusion device, any other implants near the scalp (e.g., cochlear implants) or in the eye, metal in the body (e.g., splinters, fragments, clips) * Pregnancy * History of skull fractures, or skin diseases * History of ongoing or unmanaged seizures * Presence of factors that potentially decrease seizure thresholds: on pro-convulsant medications, untreated sleep deprivation or insomnia, ongoing alcoholism or illegal drug abuse (e.g., cocaine or MDMA users) * History of dyslexia or other developmental learning disabilities
About the study
The investigator proposes to examine the effects of excitatory transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) combined with semantic feature analysis (SFA) language therapy to improve word-finding abilities in stroke survivors with aphasia (SWA).
What is being tested
- Precision TMS with SFA (device)
- Control TMS with SFA (device)
Sponsor: Medical College of Wisconsin · Participants: 50 · Started: Sep 1, 2025
Contact the study team
- Sidney Schoenrock, MA · Phone: 414-955-7579
- Ari Hjelmeseth · Phone: 414-955-7578
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06974279
Locations in the U.S.
| Wisconsin | Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.