Spaulding-Harvard Spinal Cord Injury (SH-SCI) Study: Effects of tDCS on Chronic Pain in Spinal Cord Injury.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 46
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in Pain Scale
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to see the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the pain associated with spinal cord injury. This study is part of the Spaulding-Harvard Model System. The investigators hypothesize that there will be a decrease in pain levels with active stimulation, when compared to sham stimulation, using a 3 week stimulation schedule- 1 week of stimulation (5 consecutive days) followed by 2 weeks of stimulation (10 consecutive days) after a 3-month follow up visit. The subject will also have follow ups at 2, 4 and 8 weeks after the second course of stimulation.
If a subject receives sham during the experiment, he/she may enroll in an open-label portion of the study and receive 10 days of active 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
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Over 18 years of age
- •History of moderate to severe sublesional pain
排除标准
- •Active alcohol or drug dependence, as self-reported
- •A history of bipolar disorder or psychosis, as self-reported
- •Inability to travel to the study site,
- •Current use of any of the following anti-epileptic medications or dopaminergic medications known to reduce or inhibit the benefits of tDCS treatment [53]: carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, phenytoin, ropinirole (Requip), pramipexole (Mirapex), and cabergoline (Dostinex),
- •The following contradictions to tDCS: implanted metal plates in the head, or deep brain stimulator (spinal cord implants, including baclofen pumps, are not a contraindication as cranial currents do not reach the spinal cord [24]).
- •Pregnancy at time of enrollment
- •Current use of ventilator.
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Pain Scale
时间窗: Measured for approximately 6 months
Determine whether anodal transcranial direct current stimulation is effective in reducing pain in subjects with chronic sublesional neuropathic pain due to spinal cord injury, as measured by changes in the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) from baseline to follow-up (up to 2 months after the final stimulation session).
次要结局
- Changes in Quality of Life Scale(Measured for approximately 6 months)
- Changes in Mood Scale(Measured for approximately 6 months)
研究者
Felipe Fregni
Associate Professor
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital