Scientists use ultrasound and brain scans to Fine-Tune brain stimulation
NCT ID NCT03192436
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a new way to stimulate the brain using focused ultrasound, guided by brain wave recordings (EEG). The goal is to learn how to adjust the stimulation in real time for each person. About 80 healthy adults aged 18-64 will take part. This research is not a treatment but aims to improve future therapies for brain conditions.
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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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Sep 2018
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2030
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.
- Ages
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18 to 64 years
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Apparently healthy volunteers. * Age 18-64. * Willing and able to provide written consent. * Able to communicate in the English language. Exclusion Criteria: Subjects having any of the following conditions will be excluded from this study: * Evidence of a current significant medical illness or psychiatric or central or peripheral neurologic disorder * History of loss of consciousness of more than ten minutes in the past year or loss of consciousness in a lifetime that required rehabilitation services * Personal or family history of seizure * Any history of stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) * Taking any medications that are known to decrease the threshold for seizure * Pregnancy * Affirmative answers to one or more questions of the provided attached safety questionnaires. These are not absolute contraindications to this study but the risk/benefit ratio will be carefully considered by the PI * Failure to follow laboratory or study procedures
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
RECRUITINGPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
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