Trial · NCT01904097
Functional Neuroimaging in Fibromyalgia Patients Receiving tDCS
NCT01904097, Phase 2, Unknown, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
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Trial
As registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, in the graph's capture of the registry.
- Title
- Functional Neuroimaging in Fibromyalgia Patients Receiving tDCS
- NCT number
- NCT01904097
- Status
- Unknown
- Phases
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 34 participants, estimated
- Lead sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
- Conditions
- Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain
- Interventions
- Pregabalin, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Sham Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- First posted
- 2013-07-22
- Last updated
- 2013-07-22
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
Registered outcomes12
Each outcome the trial registered, primary first, in ClinicalTrials.gov's words.
| List | Outcome | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Change in the pressure pain threshold. | Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin; and 1 hour after the first dose of pregabalin); week 2 and week 8 after initiating the allocated intervention. | Assessed with pressure algometer. Will be assessed before and 1 hour after a single dose of 150 mg of Pregabalin. Patients will also receive pregabalin 150 mg BID + tDCS (or sham tDCS) daily during 2 weeks, and then twice per week until week 8th. Pain thresholds will be assessed 2 and 8 weeks after initiating the allocated intervention. Total: Four evaluations. |
| Primary | Change in cortical excitability parameters assessed by transcranial magnetic stimulation. | Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin; and 1 hour after the first dose of pregabalin); week 2 and week 8 after initiating the allocated intervention. | Will be assessed before and 1 hour after a single dose of 150 mg of Pregabalin. Patients will also receive pregabalin 150 mg BID + tDCS (or sham tDCS) daily during 2 weeks, and then twice per week until week 8th. Cortical Excitability will be assessed 2 and 8 weeks after initiating the allocated intervention. Total: Four Evaluations. |
| Primary | Changes in motor cortex blood flow assessed by near infrared spectroscopy. | Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin; and 1 hour after the first dose of pregabalin); week 2 and week 8 after initiating the allocated intervention. | Will be assessed before and 1 hour after a single dose of 150 mg of Pregabalin. Patients will also receive pregabalin 150 mg BID + tDCS (or sham tDCS) daily during 2 weeks, and then twice per week until week 8th. Motor cortex blood flow will be assessed 2 and 8 weeks after initiating the allocated intervention. Total: Four Evaluations. |
| Secondary | Change in the temperature pain threshold. | Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin; and 1 hour after the first dose of pregabalin); week 2 and week 8 after initiating the allocated intervention. | Will be assessed before and 1 hour after a single dose of 150 mg of Pregabalin. Patients will also receive pregabalin 150 mg BID + tDCS (or sham tDCS) daily during 2 weeks, and then twice per week until week 8th. Pain thresholds will be assessed 2 and 8 weeks after initiating the allocated intervention. Total: Four Evaluations. |
| Secondary | Change in the visual analogue scale for pain to prolonged thermal stimuli. | Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin; and 1 hour after the first dose of pregabalin); week 2 and week 8 after initiating the allocated intervention. | Will be assessed before and 1 hour after a single dose of 150 mg of Pregabalin. Patients will also receive pregabalin 150 mg BID + tDCS (or sham tDCS) daily during 2 weeks, and then twice per week until week 8th. Pain to prolonged thermal stimuli will be assessed 2 and 8 weeks after initiating the allocated intervention. Total: Four Evaluations. |
| Secondary | Change in average daily pain assessed with the visual analogue scale. | Starting on day 1, each day until Week 12. Total: 84 Evaluations. | Patients will be asked to daily write down their average pain level (assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale, self-administered) in a paper diary. Total evaluations: 84. |
| Secondary | Change in the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire. | Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin); week 2, week 8 and week 12 after initiating the allocated intervention. | Will be assessed before initiating treatment. Patients will receive pregabalin 150 mg BID + tDCS (or sham tDCS) daily during 2 weeks, and then twice per week until week 8th. Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire will be assessed 2, 8 and 12 weeks after initiating the allocated intervention. Total: Four Evaluations. |
| Secondary | Change in quality of life assessed by the WHOQOL (World Health Organization Quality of Life), reduced form, adapted to Brazilian Portuguese. | Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin), week 2, week 8 and week 12 after initiating the allocated intervention. | Will be assessed before initiating treatment. Patients will receive pregabalin 150 mg BID + tDCS (or sham tDCS) daily during 2 weeks, and then twice per week until week 8th. Quality of life will be assessed 2, 8 and 12 weeks after initiating the allocated intervention. Total: Four Evaluations. |
| Other | Serum biomarkers levels: The brain derived neurotrophic factor, salivary cortisol, tumor necrosis factor alpha, Interleukin 1, 6 and 10 levels will be measured. | Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin; and 1 hour after the first dose of pregabalin); week 2 and week 8 after initiating the allocated intervention. | Will be assessed before and 1 hour after a single dose of 150 mg of Pregabalin. Patients will also receive pregabalin 150 mg BID + tDCS (or sham tDCS) daily during 2 weeks, and then twice per week until week 8th. Motor cortex blood flow will be assessed 2 and 8 weeks after initiating the allocated intervention. Total: Four Evaluations. |
| Other | Level of depressive symptoms. | Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin), week 2 and week 8 after initiating the allocated intervention. | Will be assessed before initiating treatment. Patients will receive pregabalin 150 mg BID + tDCS (or sham tDCS) daily during 2 weeks, and then twice per week until week 8th. Depression symptoms will be assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory, which covers neurovegetative symptoms of depression. It will be assessed 2 and 8 weeks after initiating the allocated intervention. Total: Three Evaluations. |
1 to 10 of 12Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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Participant flow0
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Adverse events0
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Papers9
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Grants0
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Sources 3
- ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTFreely available. Acknowledgement requested
- ClinicalTrials.govNo license stated
- NIH RePORTER's clinical studies and project filesPublic domain
Each source's terms
- ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTClinicalTrials.gov data via Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT), CTTI. CTTI makes its materials freely available and requests acknowledgement. https://aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org/documentation/299
- ClinicalTrials.govnone stated
- NIH RePORTER's clinical studies and project filesPublic domain (NIH RePORTER)
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