Can brain zaps help restore vision after stroke?
NCT ID NCT07358832
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether combining a special audio-visual training with mild brain stimulation can help people who lost part of their vision after a stroke. Forty-eight participants in the early recovery phase will either get real or fake brain stimulation during daily 90-minute training sessions for 10 days. Researchers will measure changes in their visual field and reaction times over the next year.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and audio-visual training
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new rehabilitation method to help people regain some vision after a stroke.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 48 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The training is intensive and may not lead to lasting improvement.
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Study facts
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- 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 48 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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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: \- Presence of subacute acquired brain injury (\< 3 months) with HVFD according to Neurophthalmological evaluation Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of hemispatial neglect (indexed by pathological asymmetries on paper-and-pencil tests) * Disorders of conjugated eye movements * Other neurological disorders (e.g., dementia) * Exclusion criteria for brain stimulation (i.e., epilepsy or family history of epilepsy; implanted electrodes, stimulators, pacemakers, infusion pumps, or any implanted metal device; pregnancy)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS
RECRUITINGMilan, Lombardy, 20122, Italy
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