Efficacy of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Severe Refractory Primary Dysmenorrhea: Translational and Genetic Neuroimaging Studies
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 31
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
研究概览
简要总结
Primary Dysmenorrhea (PDM), defined as menstrual pain without discernable organic causes, is inexorably common in adolescent women, about 40-90% of women may suffer from it, and 20% of them can be severe in the context of being refractory to medication, daily function impairment, and having pain of severe degree. Novel therapeutic method is in need for pain alleviation for this particular phenotype. We have previously reported that PDM females may engage motor-cortex based descending pain modulation system in our resting-state functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (rs-fMRI) and thermal pain-activation fMRI studies. Based on the reported analgesic efficacy of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on the motor cortex for various experimental painful conditions and clinical pain disorders, we reason that tDCS can be effective for the severe and medication-refractory PDM patients. This study aim to investigate the analgesic efficacy of tDCS in severe PDMs and to elucidate the dynamic brain neuroplasticity in the context of functional connectivity (FC) of pain matrix after tDCS intervention. We will recruit 30 severe PDMs and randomly allocate them to either real or sham group in a triple-blind manner. rs-fMRI for functional connectivity analysis will be performed before and after the tDCS intervention. The imaging data will be correlated with behavioral and psychological measurements. This is the first study in the literature investigating the tDCS efficacy for severe PDM. The result can promise a new possibility for clinical application.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 35 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •20-35 years old PDM patients
- •Right-handedness
- •A regular menstrual cycle: 27-32 days
- •Cramping pain during the menstrual period in the last 6 months , VAS ≧ 7
- •Abstinence for daily activities due to PDM
- •Need analgesic or Physical therapy despite of no prominent effect
排除标准
- •History of head injury
- •Pathological pituitary gland disease
- •Organic pelvic disease, psychiatric disorder
- •Pregnancy, childbirth
- •A metal or pacemaker implant.
- •Take hormone agents within 6 months
研究组 & 干预措施
Active tDCS
The anode sponge electrode will be placed on the scalp over the left primary motor cortex (M1) and the cathode sponge electrode will be positioned over the right supraorbital cortex (SO). Active stimulation consists of 2 mA current applied continuously for 20 minutes.
干预措施: Active tDCS (Device)
Sham tDCS
The anode sponge electrode will be placed on the scalp over the left primary motor cortex (M1) and the cathode sponge electrode will be positioned over the right supraorbital cortex (SO). The 2 mA current will be applied for 30 seconds at the beginning of the session.
干预措施: Sham tDCS (Device)
结局指标
主要结局
Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
时间窗: change from baseline (1st menstrual phase, before tDCS) at one month (2nd menstrual phase, with tDCS), change from baseline (1st menstrual phase, before tDCS) at two months (3rd menstrual phase)
pain scale; from 0 to 10; score 0: no pain, score 10: unbearable pain
Functional connectivity of rs-fMRI Imaging
时间窗: change from baseline (before tDCS, before 2nd menstrual phase) at one week (after tDCS completion), change from baseline (before tDCS, before 2nd menstrual phase) at four weeks (before the 3rd menstrual phase)
Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) is a well established method of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) that is used to evaluate regional interactions in the brain that occur in a resting (task-negative) state, when a subject is not performing an explicit task. Functional connectivity is the connectivity between brain regions that share functional properties, it can be defined as the correlation between spatially remote neurophysiological events, expressed as the neural networks of brain.
次要结局
- Quantitative sensory testing (QST)(change from baseline (before tDCS) at one week (after tDCS completion), change from baseline (before tDCS) at four weeks (before the 3rd menstrual phase), change from baseline (before tDCS) at five weeks (after the 3rd menstrual phase))
- Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)(change from baseline (before tDCS) at one week (after tDCS completion), change from baseline (before tDCS) at four weeks (before the 3rd menstrual phase), change from baseline (before tDCS) at five weeks (after the 3rd menstrual phase))
- Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)(change from baseline (before tDCS) at one week (after tDCS completion), change from baseline (before tDCS) at four weeks (before the 3rd menstrual phase), change from baseline (before tDCS) at five weeks (after the 3rd menstrual phase))
- Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)(change from baseline (before tDCS) at one week (after tDCS completion), change from baseline (before tDCS) at four weeks (before the 3rd menstrual phase), change from baseline (before tDCS) at five weeks (after the 3rd menstrual phase))
- Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS)(change from baseline (before tDCS) at one week (after tDCS completion), change from baseline (before tDCS) at four weeks (before the 3rd menstrual phase), change from baseline (before tDCS) at five weeks (after the 3rd menstrual phase))
- Long-form McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ)(change from baseline (before tDCS) at one week (after tDCS completion), change from baseline (before tDCS) at four weeks (before the 3rd menstrual phase), change from baseline (before tDCS) at five weeks (after the 3rd menstrual phase))
- Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)(change from baseline (before tDCS) at one week (after tDCS completion), change from baseline (before tDCS) at five weeks (after the 3rd menstrual phase))
- Blood Hormones Measurement(change from baseline (before tDCS) at one week (after tDCS completion), change from baseline (before tDCS) at four weeks (before the 3rd menstrual phase))
- Genotyping(baseline)
- Efficacy of tDCS blinding(At 1 months after tDCS intervention)