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Treatment focuses on the use of strategies that capitalize on spared cognitive-linguistic abilities to support word retrieval. The participant completes two (one hour each) teletherapy sessions per week with a clinician plus 30 minutes of additional independent, computer-based practice exercises 3 times per week.",[9,16],[28],"LRCT",{"type":30,"name":31,"description":32,"armGroupLabels":33,"otherNames":34},"DEVICE","Remotely Supervised Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation- Active","tDCS is a type of non-invasive brain stimulation. 2.0 milliamp (mA) of current will be delivered via electrodes in saline-soaked sponges placed on the left and right sides of the head. The stimulation will last 20 minutes and will occur 5 times weekly, in the participant's home setting, while the participant engages in computer-delivered speech-language training. Sessions are monitored by study personnel.",[9],null,{"type":30,"name":36,"description":37,"armGroupLabels":38,"otherNames":34},"Remotely Supervised Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation - Sham","tDCS is a type of non-invasive brain stimulation. 2.0 milliamp (mA) of current will be delivered via electrodes in saline-soaked sponges placed on the left and right sides of the head. In sham stimulation, current will be delivered for a brief period of time and then turned off. Sham stimulation will last 20 minutes and will occur 5 times weekly, in the participant's home setting, while the participant engages in computer-delivered speech-language training. 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History of severe or frequent migraines; Metallic implant in head or any metal in head; Pacemaker or cardioverter-defibrillator or any other stimulator; Chronic skin problems; Pregnancy)\n* Has a history of stroke, epilepsy, or significant brain injury","ALL","40 Years",{"count":103,"type":104},80,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[107],"NA","The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether home-based brain stimulation combined with virtual speech-language therapy can improve communication abilities in adults with logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia (lvPPA), a language disorder most often caused by Alzheimer's disease.\n\nThe main questions the study aims to answer are:\n\n* Is combining remotely supervised transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) with virtual speech-language therapy feasible and acceptable for people with lvPPA?\n* Does this combined treatment lead to improvements in communication compared to speech-language therapy with sham (placebo) stimulation?\n* Do individual brain characteristics help predict who benefits most from this treatment?\n\nResearchers will compare participants who receive active tDCS plus virtual speech-language therapy to participants who receive sham (placebo) tDCS plus virtual speech-language therapy to see if active brain stimulation enhances communication outcomes.\n\nParticipants will:\n\n* Complete speech-language therapy sessions delivered by video visit.\n* Receive either active or sham tDCS that is remotely supervised and completed at home.\n* Complete language and cognitive testing before and after treatment.\n* Undergo brain imaging and other assessments to help understand treatment response.",[110,111,112,113,114,115],"Primary Progressive Aphasia(PPA)","Progressive Aphasia","Progressive Aphasia in Alzheimer's Disease","Logopenic Progressive Aphasia (LPA)","Logopenic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia","Logopenic Variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia (LPA)",[117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128],"lvPPA","PPA","logopenic variant PPA","transcranial direct-current stimulation","tDCS","neuromodulation","speech therapy","speech-language pathology","logopenic","teletherapy","remote","virtual","2026-06-24",{"date":131,"type":132},"2026-06-29","ACTUAL",{"date":134,"type":132},"2026-04-15",{"date":136,"type":104},"2029-08",{"name":88,"class":6},2]