Brain zaps aim to speed up stroke recovery
NCT ID NCT07468032
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study explores how targeted brain stimulation can improve movement speed in people who have had a stroke. Researchers will first test the technique in 60 healthy volunteers, then in 20 stroke patients. The goal is to understand which brain areas control action speed and whether personalized stimulation can boost recovery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward personalized brain stimulation treatments to improve movement speed after stroke.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with only 20 stroke patients. The approach may not work for everyone, and results may not lead to a proven treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * The control group consists of individuals who are : * neurologically healthy, * meaning they do not have any medical conditions that could interfere with cognitive performance or its measurement. * not have any contraindications for undergoing MRI scans or TMS, such as epilepsy, which could be triggered by magnetic stimulation. * The patient group will include : * individuals who have experienced a hemispheric stroke but with specific criteria ( stroke must not have affected key prefrontal regions that are targeted in the study, ensuring that the observed motor slowing is due to network dysfunction rather than direct structural damage to these regions) * be free of other cognitive impairments or medical conditions that could confound the study's results. Exclusion Criteria: * participants with neurological, * psychiatric, or general conditions known to alter test performance or cognitive function, according to a previously validated method will be excluded. * any contraindication to MRI and TMS (e.g., epilepsy). * For stroke patients, the lesion delineated on MRI must spare the prefrontal target structures.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Amiens
RECRUITINGAmiens, Picardie, 80000, France
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