NCT04165876 is a NA clinical trial of Primary Motor Cortex Stimulation in Acute Pain, sponsored by Aalborg University.

Who is sponsoring NCT04165876?

NCT04165876 is sponsored by Aalborg University.

What drugs are being tested in NCT04165876?

Interventions in NCT04165876: Primary Motor Cortex Stimulation, Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Stimulation, Multimodal Stimulation (DLPFC+M1), Sham stimulation.

What condition does NCT04165876 study?

NCT04165876 studies Acute Pain, Neuroplasticity, Brain Modulation, Somatosensory Function.

Is NCT04165876 still recruiting?

NCT04165876 is currently completed. Last updated 11 June 2020.

Last reviewed 2020-06-11 · How we verify

NCT04165876

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Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

HD-tDCS: Effects on the Somatosensory System

Completed NA Last updated 11 June 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Primary Motor Cortex Stimulation in Acute Pain in 81 participants. Completed in 18 March 2020.

Timeline

18 December 2018

Primary endpoint
18 February 2020

18 March 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Aalborg University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	quadruple
Primary purpose	basic science
Enrollment	81
Start date	18 December 2018
Primary completion	18 February 2020
Estimated completion	18 March 2020
Sites	1 location across Denmark

Drugs / interventions tested

Primary Motor Cortex Stimulation
Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Stimulation
Multimodal Stimulation (DLPFC+M1)
Sham stimulation

Conditions studied

Acute Pain — all drugs for Acute Pain →
Neuroplasticity — all drugs for Neuroplasticity →
Brain Modulation — all drugs for Brain Modulation →
Somatosensory Function — all drugs for Somatosensory Function →

Sponsor

Aalborg University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 60, any sex, with Acute Pain or Neuroplasticity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of high definition tDCS on different cortical targets in modulating the nociceptive system in the healthy subjects.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Modulation of central pain mechanisms using high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation: A double-blind, sham-controlled study.
Kold S, Graven-Nielsen T. · · 2023 · cited 6× · PMID 36451616 · DOI 10.1002/ejp.2060

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04165876 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 9 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Aalborg University
Last refreshed: 11 June 2020

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