Magnetic pulses aim to restore speech after stroke
NCT ID NCT07608588
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a non-invasive brain stimulation technique called rTMS can improve word-finding in people who have trouble speaking after a stroke. Researchers will use MRI scans to guide the stimulation and see how the brain responds. The trial involves 45 participants and focuses on naming pictures accurately and quickly.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a non-invasive treatment to help stroke survivors regain language skills like naming objects.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with only 45 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The improvement may be small or temporary.
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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 45 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
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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Not accepted
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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: * Right-handedness (assesed using the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory) * Native English speakers * Single left hemispheric stroke * Diagnosis of aphasia and lexicosemantic impairments (e.g., anomia, semantic errors in picture naming or spontaneous speech) confirmed by a Speech and Language Pathologist or Physician Exclusion Criteria: * Severely impaired auditory comprehension (WAB Comprehension score of 0 or 1) * Major phonological impairments (defined as \> 2 errors in non-word repetition of one- and two-syllable items on the PALPA, 2) * Contraindications to rTMS (e.g., uncontrolled epilepsy, history of seizures, intracranial ferromagnetic body, cochlear implant, or factors that lower seizure threshold (see Rossi et al., 2021) * Contraindication to MRI * Stroke involving the left ATL * Severe depression or psychiatric history * Illiteracy * Known neurodegenerative disorders * Severe uncorrected visual or hearing impairments
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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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McCausland Center
RECRUITINGColumbia, South Carolina, 29203, United States
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