Autopsy report · NCT06619795

Combined Effect of tDCS and Motor or Cognitive Activity in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease

“The study was interrupted before reaching the planned sample size due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 6 years 4 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 1 year 7 months before it stopped.
• 23 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

Universita di Verona

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Alzheimer Disease (AD)

Interventions

Anodal tDCS; Sham tDCS

Participants

23

Sites

1

Countries

Italy

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Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.