Device: transcranial direct current stimulation: chronic pain clinical trials

Registry records that list "Device: transcranial direct current stimulation" as an intervention. Being studied does not mean an intervention works or is approved.

Trials with Canadian sites

Recruiting in Canada

Registry records in total

Trials in Canada

1 trial, 0 recruiting or not yet recruiting. Recruiting first.

		Phase	Provinces
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Clinical Setting to Reduce Pain in Older Workers NCT05370833	Unknown status	Not applicable	Quebec	Université de Sherbrooke	2022-05-15

Trials worldwide (outside Canada)

24 trials, 3 recruiting or not yet recruiting. Recruiting first.

		Phase	Countries
EFFECT OF ANODAL TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION (tDCS) OF PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX ON HEADACHE FREQUENCY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC MIGRAINE NCT07743814	Not yet recruiting	Phase 3	India	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital	2026-08-01
EFFECT OF ANODAL TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION (tDCS) OF PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX ON HEADACHE FREQUENCY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC MIGRAINE NCT07743814	Not yet recruiting	Phase 3	India	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital	2026-08-01
Reboot Pain (tDCS) NCT07411859	Recruiting	Not applicable	United States	Emory University	2026-02-16
Intensive Home-based Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Long COVID NCT07880171	Completed	Not applicable	Spain	Hospital de Basurto	2025-09-02
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Conjunction With Individualized Physical Therapy for Individuals With Chronic Knee Pain NCT06132412	Active, not recruiting	Not applicable	United States	University of Illinois at Chicago	2024-06-06
Culturally Adapted Mobile Treatment of Chronic Pain in Adolescent Survivors of Pediatric Cancer NCT05746429	Completed	Not applicable	United States	St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	2023-04-06
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Combined With Exercise in Low Back Pain NCT05467566	Unknown status	Not applicable		Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	2022-10
The Effect of Combining Pain Neuroscience Education and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Pain Catastrophizing, Kinesiophobia, and Pain in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain NCT05571215	Unknown status	Not applicable	United States	High Point University	2022-07-01
Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Pain Control in Chronic Painful Total Knee Arthroplasty NCT04579952	Completed	Not applicable	Italy	Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli	2021-01-25
tDCS and Pain Associated With Diabetic Neuropathy NCT04306289	Unknown status	Not applicable	Italy	University of Rome Tor Vergata	2020-06-01
Motor Cortex Versus Insula Stimulation Using Transcranial Current Stimulation on Chronic Post-mastectomy Pain NCT05544604	Completed	Not applicable	Egypt	South Egypt Cancer Institute	2020-05-01
Effects of tDCS on Heart Rate Variability in Chronic Low Back Pain NCT04077632	Completed	Phase 2, Phase 3	Brazil	Universidade Federal do Piauí	2019-10-01
Paired Acute Invasive/Non-invasive Stimulation Trial NCT03954093	Completed	Not applicable	United Kingdom	University of Oxford	2019-05-01
The Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Transcranial Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Chronic Lower Back Pain NCT02483468	Completed	Phase 2, Phase 3	United States	Medical University of South Carolina	2015-08
Association of Functional Changes in the Brain and the Perception of Pain in Patients With Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) NCT02433470	Completed	Phase 2	Germany	Charite University, Berlin, Germany	2015-04
The Effects of CBT and tDCS on Fibromyalgia Patients NCT02723175	Completed	Not applicable	United States	Medical University of South Carolina	2014-12
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Chronic Low Back Pain NCT02768129	Completed	Not applicable		Butler Hospital	2014-11
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Reduce Chronic Pain in Patients With Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases NCT02048137	Completed	Phase 2	Germany	Charite University, Berlin, Germany	2014-01
tDCS for Chronic Low Back Pain NCT02771990	Completed	Not applicable		Providence VA Medical Center	2013-10
Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and Transcranial Ultrasound on Osteoarthritis Pain of the Knee NCT01404052	Completed	Not applicable	United States	Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital	2011-01
Influence of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Primary Motor Cortex on Pain Sensation in Patients Suffering From Fibromyalgia Syndrome NCT01261650	Terminated	Phase 4	Austria	Karl Landsteiner Institute of Remobilization and Functional Health	2010-12
The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Chronic Pain on Ophthalmologic Parameters NCT01226082	Unknown status	Not applicable	Israel	Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center	2010-11
Application of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Patients With Chronic Pain After Spinal Cord Injury NCT01112774	Terminated	Not applicable	United States	Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital	2010-04
Transcranial Direct Stimulation in Chronic Pelvic Pain NCT01143636	Completed	Phase 2	United States	Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital	2010-04

Conditions studied with this intervention

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status.