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临床试验/NCT06785948
NCT06785948招募中不适用

tDCS Effect on Psychotic Symptoms in Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), and Impacts on Caregiver Burden

Association de Recherche Bibliographique pour les Neurosciences2 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家目标入组 30 人开始时间: 2025年1月10日最近更新:

试验速览

阶段
不适用
状态
招募中
发起方
入组人数
30
试验地点
2
主要终点
Change from Baseline in the composite score named "psychotic factor" at T1

研究概览

简要总结

The goal of this pilot prospective study is to evaluate the effect of tDCS on psychotic-like symptoms in patients with Lewy Body Dementia (LBD). The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • What is the effect of tDCS on neuropsychiatric symptoms, especially psychotic-like symptoms?
  • What is the impact of tDCS on caregiver burden?

Researchers will compare active tDCS (2mA stimulation, anode on the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, cathode on the right fronto-orbital) to Sham tDCS (placebo stimulation, no intensity applied) to see if there is an effect on reducing psychotic-like symptoms and on caregiver burden.

Participants will:

  • Undergo a stimulation phase consisting of 10 tDCS sessions of 20 minutes each, spread over 2 consecutive weeks (5 days with stimulation, 2 days without stimulation, 5 days with stimulation).
  • perform assessments at T0 (inclusion), T1 (at the end of the stimulation phase), and T2 (follow-up at 8 weeks post stimulation).

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
Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

入排标准

年龄范围
60 Years 至 —(Adult, Older Adult)
性别
All
接受健康志愿者

入选标准

  • Male or Female, aged over 60,
  • Diagnosed with a neurodegenerative pathology of the DLB type, at a moderate stage, according to the McKeith and al. (2017) criteria
  • No change in antiparkinsonian or psychotropic medications, or cholinesterase inhibitors, for a period of one month prior to inclusion,
  • Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) > 15,
  • Composite score called "psychotic factor" (corresponding to the sum of the psychotic-type symptoms sub-scores from the NPI [12]) greater than 0,
  • Presence of a family caregiver,
  • Sufficient written and oral expression in French,
  • Written informed consent signed by the patient and his/her family caregiver

排除标准

  • History of alcoholism, drug addiction or neurological diseases such as brain trauma, epilepsy, encephalitis, intracranial normal-pressure hydrocephalus, etc. which may lead to cognitive impairment,
  • Concomitant major psychiatric illness,
  • Significant physical illness or comorbidities
  • History of moderate to severe visual impairment secondary to glaucoma, cataract or macular degeneration,
  • Patient under guardianship or curators

结局指标

主要结局

Change from Baseline in the composite score named "psychotic factor" at T1

时间窗: Baseline, Week 2

"psychotic factor" corresponds to the sum of the subscores of psychotic-like symptoms from the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), namely Delusions, Hallucination, and Agitation/Aggression.

Change from Baseline in the composite score named "psychotic factor" at T2

时间窗: Baseline, Week 10

"psychotic factor" corresponds to the sum of the subscores of psychotic-like symptoms of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), namely Delusions, Hallucination, and Agitation/Aggression.

次要结局

  • Change from Baseline in the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) total score(Baseline, Week 2, Week 10)
  • Change from Baseline in the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) subscores(Baseline, Week 2, Week 10)
  • Change from Baseline in the Zarit scale score(Baseline, Week 2, Week 10)
  • Change from Baseline in the Trail Making Test (TMT) A&B performances(Baseline, Week 2, Week 10)
  • Change from Baseline in the Quality of life questionnaire (Qol)(Baseline, Week 2, Week 10)
  • Change from Baseline in the Mayo Clinic fluctuations scales score(Baseline, Week 2, Week 10)
  • Change from Baseline in the percentage of errors during an "antisaccades" paradigm(Baseline, Week 2, Week 10)
  • Change from Baseline in the saccades latency (in ms) during an "antisaccades" paradigm(Baseline, Week 2, Week 10)
  • Change from Baseline in the mean variation of latency times (in ms) during voluntary saccades(Baseline, Week 2, Week 10)
  • Change from Baseline in the frequency of square waves-jerks during horizontal eye movements paradigm(Baseline, Week 2, Week 10)
  • Change from Baseline in the frequency of fixations impairments during eye movements paradigm(Baseline, Week 2, Week 10)
  • Change from Baseline in the saccades main velocity during oculomotor paradigms(Baseline, Week 2, Week 10)
  • Change from Baseline in the saccades gain during oculomotor paradigms(Baseline, Week 2, Week 10)
  • Change from Baseline in the saccades latency during oculomotor paradigms(Baseline, Week 2, Week 10)

研究者

发起方
Association de Recherche Bibliographique pour les Neurosciences
申办方类型
Other
责任方
Sponsor

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