Non-invasive Analgesic Stimulation of the Motor Cortex at Home
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Neuropathic Pain
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
- Enrollment
- 40
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Fatigue : numerical rating scale (NRS) from 0 (exhausted) to 10 (very well)
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to confirm the analgesic effect of tDCS in neuropathic chronic pain, to estimate the importance and the duration of this effect, and to improve its efficiency by the use at home.
It is established that the repetition of the sessions of cortical stimulation over a week improves their analgesic efficacy. However, this effect does not exceed a few weeks and is much lower than that of the stimulation implanted surgically. Implanted stimulation operates periodically, several times a day, and this "repetition of doses ", akin to the regular taking of a medicine, may explain its longer efficacy for pain relief which, may extend over several years (André-Obadia and al 2014).
No study at this date has estimated the long-term effect of non-invasive stimulation when is also periodically repeated on a daily basis, over several weeks.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Fatigue : numerical rating scale (NRS) from 0 (exhausted) to 10 (very well)
Time Frame: over the week preceding the stimulation (W1), the period of ambulatory stimulation (W2-3-4-5) and the month according to the latter (W6-7-8-9-10)
Quality of sleep : numerical rating scale (NRS) from 0 (no sleep) to 10 (very good sleep).
Time Frame: over the week preceding the stimulation (W1), the period of ambulatory stimulation (W2-3-4-5) and the month according to the latter (W6-7-8-9-10)