NCT02226796.

Trial name or title	Transcranial direct stimulation (tDCS) and behavioral intervention in aphasia
Methods	Randomised cross‐over trial
Participants	Estimated enrolment: 10 Inclusion criteria: completion of high school or General Educational Development, normal or corrected‐to‐normal vision, adequate hearing acuity for 1:1 conversational exchanges, use of English as primary language, a vascular lesion in the dominant left hemisphere verified by an MRI scan within 6 months of the start of the study Exclusion criteria: no previous history of neurological‐ or psychiatric‐based illnesses or disease, language or learning disabilities, or alcohol/substance abuse; no history of seizures; no metal implants in the head (except dental fillings); no lesion in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex confirmed by MRI; no current pregnancy
Interventions	2 arms: ‐ A‐tDCS for 20 minutes prior to 60 minutes of naming treatment ‐ 40 minutes of naming treatment, followed by additional 20 minutes of naming treatment with concurrent A‐tDCS
Outcomes	Primary outcome measure: ‐ Boston naming test Secondary outcome measures: ‐ naming reaction time ‐ working memory
Starting date	1 September 2015
Contact information	Naomi Hashimoto, PhD 715‐425‐3801 naomi.hashimoto@uwrf.edu University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 55455
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