Brain zaps and recovery clues: study seeks to predict stroke rehab success
NCT ID NCT07520630
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to find brain activity markers that can predict how well people recover after an ischemic stroke. Researchers will first study healthy volunteers to establish normal brain patterns, then test 120 stroke patients. Patients will receive either real or sham brain stimulation (called iTBS) along with standard rehab, and their brain activity and motor function will be measured. The goal is to build a model that forecasts rehabilitation outcomes, not to prove a new treatment works.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation (iTBS) using a device
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a personalized model that predicts how well a stroke patient will recover, helping doctors tailor rehabilitation more effectively.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study focused on finding markers, not testing a treatment. The brain stimulation may not improve outcomes, and results may not apply to all stroke patients.
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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 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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.
- Ages
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40 to 65 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Experimental phase: will include healthy volunteers without contradictions to TMS Clinical phase: Inclusion Criteria: * First-ever ischemic stroke confirmed by CT/MRI * 5 days - 6 months post-stroke * Age 40-65 * MoCA ≥20 * HADS \<11 for anxiety and depression * MRC 2-4 in upper limb * Modified Ashworth Scale ≤3 * Signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Implanted electronic devices * Epilepsy * Severe cardiac arrhythmias * Intracranial aneurysm * Decompensated somatic disease * Pregnancy/lactation
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Moscow Scientific and Practical Center of Medical Rehabilitation, Restorative and Sports Medicine
Moscow, Russia
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