Starstim®-Home Systems

The Starstim®-Home Systems, developed by Neuroelectrics, provide a professional platform designed for at-home multichannel transcranial electrical stimulation (tES) research with remote supervision and study management.

The system enables participants to perform scheduled stimulation sessions at home while research teams remotely manage and monitor relevant aspects of the procedure. By combining multichannel brain stimulation, remote management, real-time monitoring, safety-oriented features, and digital tools, Starstim®-Home provides an integrated solution for decentralized and hybrid clinical research.

Multichannel tES in the Home Environment

One of the key advantages of Starstim®-Home is the ability to extend advanced Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (tES) protocols beyond the laboratory or research center.

The platform is specifically designed for home-based studies, enabling participants to perform previously configured multichannel stimulation protocols while research teams maintain remote control and supervision of the study.

This makes Starstim®-Home particularly suitable for decentralized and hybrid clinical trials, where reducing the need for frequent visits to a research center can facilitate protocols involving repeated stimulation sessions.

Real-Time Remote Supervision

Starstim®-Home provides research teams with tools for remotely monitoring important aspects of sessions performed in the participant's home.

The platform can provide access to information such as impedance data, questionnaire records, and notifications related to home-session events, giving researchers greater visibility into study progress.

This architecture combines the convenience of at-home participation with remote supervision tools designed for clinical research.

Centralized Study Management

The Starstim®-Home ecosystem is designed to support the remote and centralized management of home-based studies, including projects involving multiple participants.

Through Neuroelectrics' digital infrastructure, research teams can manage participants, home kits, sessions, and intervention-related information from a centralized environment.

This architecture supports the organization and scalability of remotely conducted tES studies.

Remote Device Access Control

An important feature of Starstim®-Home is remote access control for the home device.

The system can be configured so that stimulation sessions are available to participants according to schedules established by the research team.

This helps ensure that sessions are performed according to the study protocol and within the predefined experimental schedule.

Home Tablet

The Starstim®-Home ecosystem includes a dedicated Home Tablet designed to guide participants or caregivers through equipment preparation, operation, and maintenance.

Its graphical interface provides visual instructions and step-by-step guidance, helping users perform the required procedures during home sessions.

The tablet can also identify situations requiring troubleshooting and guide the user through appropriate actions.

Guided Participant Experience

Home-based neuromodulation requires complex technical procedures to be presented clearly to participants who may not have specialized experience with brain stimulation systems.

For this reason, Starstim®-Home provides an interactive workflow in which the participant is guided through preparation and session procedures using the Home Tablet.

This approach is designed to simplify operation, support accessibility, and facilitate adherence to home-based study protocols.

tDCS, tACS, and tRNS

Starstim®-Home supports different forms of transcranial electrical stimulation.

Depending on the study configuration and protocol, the platform can support:

• tDCS – Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation;
• tACS – Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation;
• tRNS – Transcranial Random Noise Stimulation;
• Custom stimulation waveforms;
• Bipolar montages;
• High-Definition stimulation configurations;
• Optimized multichannel tES protocols.

This flexibility enables researchers to develop different neuromodulation studies within a platform specifically designed for home use.

Multichannel Stimulation

Unlike home systems limited to simple stimulation configurations, Starstim®-Home is designed to support multichannel tES protocols.

Multiple electrodes can be incorporated into the stimulation montage according to the protocol previously established by the research team.

This multichannel architecture expands the possibilities for neuromodulation studies requiring more sophisticated current-distribution configurations.

Personalized and Optimized Protocols

The Starstim ecosystem can incorporate model-based optimization of stimulation montages, supporting protocols designed around specific research targets.

Computational modeling can help researchers develop configurations intended to optimize the distribution of the electric field according to the objectives of the study.

This expands the possibilities for personalized and targeted neuromodulation research in remotely supervised protocols.

Double-Blind Studies and Sham Stimulation

Starstim®-Home is designed to support double-blind clinical research, including protocols involving sham stimulation.

This enables researchers to structure controlled studies comparing active and sham stimulation conditions while maintaining the requirements of the experimental design.

Such capabilities are particularly relevant for clinical trials where controlling participant and investigator expectations is an important part of the research methodology.

Integrated Questionnaires

The platform can incorporate questionnaires associated with home sessions.

These questionnaires can be used to collect relevant information before or after stimulation, depending on the study design.

The resulting information can be integrated with other session-related data, helping researchers maintain more structured documentation of home-based protocols.

Integration with Videos and Tasks

Starstim®-Home also supports the integration of videos and tasks into home-based study workflows.

This makes it possible to combine stimulation sessions with specific content, cognitive tasks, behavioral exercises, or other experimental activities defined by the research protocol.

Such flexibility expands the possibilities for studies investigating brain stimulation in combination with structured interventions.

NE Portal and Home Study Manager

The Starstim®-Home ecosystem includes access to the NE Portal, Neuroelectrics' online environment for managing different elements of home-based studies.

Within this environment, the Home Study Manager supports remote management of participant intervention data and the assignment of Starstim®-Home kits.

This centralized platform provides research teams with tools for coordinating important elements of decentralized studies.

Remote Impedance Monitoring

Electrode contact quality is an important consideration in transcranial electrical stimulation.

Starstim®-Home provides research teams with remote access to impedance information, enabling relevant aspects of electrode preparation and session setup to be monitored.

This feature contributes to the technical supervision of stimulation sessions conducted outside the institutional research environment.

Session Events and Notifications

The platform provides tools for tracking relevant events associated with home sessions.

Researchers can receive information related to session events, protocol deviations, and other procedure-related information, providing greater visibility into remotely conducted studies.

This helps research teams maintain oversight even when stimulation sessions are performed outside the clinical or laboratory environment.

Decentralized Clinical Trials

Starstim®-Home is specifically designed to expand the possibilities of decentralized and hybrid clinical trials.

Rather than requiring every stimulation session to take place at a research center, eligible study procedures can be conducted in the participant's home while maintaining a digital infrastructure for remote management and supervision.

This can be particularly valuable for protocols involving repeated sessions over extended periods.

Reduced Need for Repeated Site Visits

Home-based research can reduce the need for participants to travel to the research center for every stimulation session.

This can simplify participation in studies involving multiple sessions and may help researchers design longitudinal protocols that would otherwise require frequent in-person visits.

The Starstim®-Home architecture is designed to support this transition from exclusively site-based research toward hybrid and decentralized models.

Scalability for Multi-Participant Studies

One advantage of a remotely managed architecture is the ability to coordinate home-based studies involving multiple participants.

Centralized management of participants, kits, sessions, and study information supports projects that need to scale beyond a small number of users.

This capability can be particularly relevant for longitudinal studies or protocols requiring repeated stimulation sessions over longer periods.

Safety-Oriented Home Research Architecture

Conducting tES research outside a controlled laboratory requires an architecture specifically designed for remote operation.

Starstim®-Home combines guided participant workflows, scheduled device access, impedance information, session monitoring, and centralized study management to provide a structured environment for remotely supervised research.

The system is intended to keep the research team connected to relevant elements of the home-based procedure throughout the study.

Key Features

• Platform for at-home multichannel tES research;
• Designed for remotely supervised studies;
• Real-time remote monitoring capabilities;
• Centralized study management;
• Remote control of device access;
• Sessions available according to research schedules;
• Dedicated Home Tablet;
• Interactive visual and step-by-step instructions;
• Remote session information;
• Access to electrode impedance data;
• Integrated questionnaires;
• Session-related notifications;
• Support for tDCS;
• Support for tACS;
• Support for tRNS;
• Custom stimulation waveforms;
• Bipolar and High-Definition configurations;
• Optimized multichannel tES protocols;
• Support for sham stimulation;
• Suitable for double-blind studies;
• Integration with videos and experimental tasks;
• Management through the NE Portal / Home Study Manager;
• Designed for decentralized and hybrid clinical research.

Applications

The Starstim®-Home Systems can be incorporated into research involving:

• Neuromodulation;
• Transcranial Electrical Stimulation (tES);
• tDCS;
• tACS;
• tRNS;
• Multichannel brain stimulation;
• High-Definition stimulation;
• Personalized stimulation research;
• Decentralized clinical trials;
• Hybrid clinical trials;
• Double-blind studies;
• Sham-controlled research;
• Longitudinal studies;
• Remotely supervised interventions;
• Home-based neuroscience research.

Its architecture allows selected neuromodulation protocols to move from exclusively laboratory-based environments into participants' homes while maintaining digital tools for supervision, management, and study monitoring.

End-to-End Platform for At-Home tES Research

The Starstim®-Home Systems provide an end-to-end solution for researchers who need to implement multichannel tES protocols in the home environment with remote management and supervision.

By combining multichannel stimulation, the Home Tablet, centralized study management, remote monitoring, impedance information, questionnaires, controlled device access, and support for double-blind and sham protocols, the platform provides a comprehensive infrastructure for decentralized neuromodulation research.

Starstim®-Home Systems — multichannel transcranial electrical stimulation in the home environment with remote supervision and an integrated infrastructure for decentralized clinical research.

Contact our team for more information about Starstim®-Home configurations, tES protocols, Home Tablet, headcaps, electrodes, remote study management, double-blind research, accessories, and commercial conditions.