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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02817880
Other study ID # 38RC15.158
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date July 25, 2016
Est. completion date February 22, 2022

Study information

Verified date May 2022
Source University Hospital, Grenoble
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the analgesic effectiveness of two motor cortex neurostimulations (tDCS and rTMS) and the trans-spinal neurostimulation (tsDCS ) in the algoneurodystrophy.


Description:

- Entry into the study : After informed consent, patients will be randomised into three groups : tDCS, rTMS, tsDCS. The physician responsible for conducting neurostimulation sessions will make the randomization via an interactive web response system (IWRS). - Baseline : Participants, will record on a book, a daily Visual Numeric Scale(VNS) of Pain Intensity for 1 month. - The beginning of the treatment : after the baseline, sessions of neurostimulation will begin. Sessions of neurostimulation will have a decreasing rhythm. Five sessions per week during the two first weeks, two sessions per week during the third week, one session during the fourth week and then two sessions per month for four months. - After the end of neurostimulation sessions, patients will be followed for 1month. Throughout their participation in the study, patients will complete their VNS report book (1month of baseline before the treatment, 3 months during neurostimulation, 1 month after neurostimulation). Patients will have 5 evaluation examinations: - The first, one just before the beginning of the neurostimulation, - The second, 1 month after the beginning of neurostimulation - The third, 3 months after the beginning of neurostimulation - And the last one, 1 month after the end of neurostimulation.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 36
Est. completion date February 22, 2022
Est. primary completion date June 11, 2021
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 80 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Patient's written consent - Patient suffering from an algoneurodystrophy for more than a year. - Diagnosis of algoneurodystrophy confirmed by an osseous scintigraphy - Stable treatment for at least 1 month - Patient non-responsive to pharmacological treatments - VNS > 3 at the time of screening Exclusion Criteria: - Drug addiction - History of epilepsy, head trauma, Psychiatric pathology likely to hamper the progress of the study. - Intracranial ferromagnetic material or an implanted stimulator - MRI contraindication - Algoneurodystrophy due to a nervous lesion - Pregnant women, parturient women, breast-feeding mother. Lack of effective contraception

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Device:
rTMS

tDCS

tsDCS


Locations

Country Name City State
France Service de Physiologie - Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Henri Mondor Créteil Ile De France
France Centre de la douleur, CHU Grenoble Alpes Grenoble Isere

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University Hospital, Grenoble

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

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Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary The Visual numeric scale of pain between the three groups Baseline to 1 month
Secondary The Clinical Global Impression scale (CGI) between the three groups Baseline, 3 months after the beginning of the treatment (day 90), and 1 month after the end of the treatment (Day 180)
Secondary The SF12 quality of life questionnaire between the three groups Baseline, 3 months after the beginning of the treatment (day 90), and 1 month after the end of the treatment (Day 180)
Secondary The Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HAD) between the three groups Baseline, 3 months after the beginning of the treatment (day 90), and 1 month after the end of the treatment (Day 180)
Secondary The Neuropathic Pain Symptom Inventory scale (NPSI) between the three groups Baseline, 3 months after the beginning of the treatment (day 90), and 1 month after the end of the treatment (Day 180)
Secondary Evolution of the conductance of feet and hands by using Sudoscan The body conductance will be used to assess the evolution of the Impact of the neurostimulation on the sympathetic nervous system and on the small fiber neuropathy. Baseline, 3 months after the beginning of the treatment (day 90), and 1 month after the end of the treatment (Day 180)
Secondary Modifications of the sensori-motor cortical cards by using a MRI Baseline, and 1 month after the end of the treatment (Day 180)

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