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- Clinical Trial NCT02360462
The Effect of tDCS in the Preoperative Period of Hallux Valgus Surgical Treatment
July 14, 2017 updated by: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
This is a clinical trial that intend to determine if transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is effective in the treatment of postoperative pain and in the anxiety level in the preoperative period of hallux valgus surgical treatment
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Introduction: Forefoot deformities are important cause of feet pain and discomfort and affect around 80% of general population, predominantly in female population.
Among teenagers and adults´ common forefoot deformities is hallux valgus.
To achieve the deformity heal, surgical treatment is needed.
The transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non invasive technic, that aims for the central nervous system modulation for pain control, which can become a therapeutic option for postoperative pain.
Experimental studies have shown that tDCS has reverted the hyperalgesia induced by chronic stress and articular inflammatory pain, has reduced total knee arthroplasty postoperative opioid consumption and a single 20 minutes session has shown reduction in endoscopic procedures opioid consumption, safety and minimal adverse effects.
However, the tDCS effect in preoperative hyperalgesia has not been explored yet in sensitized patients, neither in anxiety and postoperative rehabilitation of patients submitted to hallux valgus surgical correction.
In this study, it was chosen to use tDCS to stimulate cerebral cortex due to its efficacy in painful syndromes, for being a non invasive, low cost and easy-to-apply technic in comparison to other neurostimulation technics and especially, for its potential to counter-regulate the mal adaptive neuroplastic alterations associated to chronic pain.
Objective: to evaluate the effect of tDCS compared to tDCS-sham in the pain control (visual analog scale score, pain threshold and the descendent modulator system), perioperative anxiety, postoperative analgesic drug consumption and in the rehabilitation of patients with arthralgia of the first metatarsophalangeal articulation submitted to hallux valgus surgical correction.
Method: it is a randomized, blinded, placebo-sham controlled clinical trial which includes 40 female patients, between 18 and 70 years old, candidates to hallux valgus surgical treatment by combined Chevron + Akin osteotomy due to arthralgia of the first metatarsophalangeal articulation.
The patients will be randomized and divided into two groups that will be treated with two tDCS or tDCS-sham sessions of 20 minutes each in preoperative period.
Expected results: This study will evaluate the effect of tDCS as a treatment option to postoperative pain and perioperative anxiety of patients submitted to hallux valgus surgical correction.
In case of proven efficacy, this technic can become a low cost, easy access, safe and effective treatment option for these patients.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
40
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Rio Grande do Sul
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Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 91430-000
- Hospital Independência
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Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
18 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
Female
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- indication of hallux valgus surgical treatment because of arthralgia of the first metatarsophalangeal joint,
- capability of writing and understanding the Portuguese language
Exclusion Criteria:
- diabetic neuropathy,
- history of intense or frequent headache,
- chronic dermatologic disease,
- previous adverse effects to treatment with tDCS, seizures,
- severe cranial trauma with alteration of the cranial anatomy,
- metallic intracranial implants or pacemaker,
- non-compensated psychiatric disease,
- non-collaborative patients,
- history of neurologic,
- oncologic disease,
- heart, renal or hepatic failure.
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Triple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Active tDCS
Active tDCS will be applied in the head of the patients in 20 minute sessions, twice.
First session will be applied in the night before and the second session, in the morning before the surgical procedure.
The stimulation will be administered with a pair of surface electrodes, sponge coated, soaked in saline.
A battery-powered constant current stimulator will be used for this purpose (tDCS device).
The stimulation is performed by placing the anodal electrode in the primary motor cortex (M1) and the cathodal one in the contralateral supraorbital area, and it will use a 2 mA current
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The stimulation will be administered with a pair of surface electrodes, sponge coated, soaked in saline.
A battery-powered constant current stimulator will be used for this purpose (tDCS device).
The stimulation is performed by placing the anodal electrode in the primary motor cortex (M1) and the cathodal one in the contralateral supraorbital area and it will use a 2 mA (milliampere) current.
Other Names:
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Sham Comparator: Sham tDCS
The sham tDCS consists in the same montage of the active tDCS, but the device is turned off 30 seconds after starting stimulation (without letting the patient notice it).
The rest of the montage is kept identical to the active one during the 20 minutes session.
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The sham tDCS consists in the same montage of the active tDCS, but the device is turned off 30 seconds after stimulation starts (without letting the patient notice it).
The rest of the montage is kept identical to the active one during the 20 minutes session
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in pain scores assessed with the visual analogue scale
Time Frame: Once Daily. It starts in the day before surgical treatment (Day 0), and it is assessed every day until one week after the surgical procedure (total = 10 days)
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Patients will be asked their worst pain level (assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale) with 2 different scores: worst daily pain including movement period and pain in rest period.
It will also be assessed a pain score for the moment before and another for the moment right after each tDCS session (Day 0 and Day 1).
The outcome assessor will visit the patient once daily during the hospital stay (an expected average of 2 days) and will call the patient once daily after discharge.
Patients will also be asked to daily write down the analgesic drug intake after hospital discharge and the outcome assessor will review nursery notes during hospital stay for drug intake.
Total evaluations: 10 days
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Once Daily. It starts in the day before surgical treatment (Day 0), and it is assessed every day until one week after the surgical procedure (total = 10 days)
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Preoperative Anxiety level
Time Frame: Initial contact (before any tDCS session - Day 0) and the moment before the surgical procedure (Day 1)
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Anxiety level will be assessed by State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), adapted to Brazilian Portuguese Language.
It will be assessed before the first session of tDCS (on initial contact with the patient - Day 0), and in the moment right before going to the surgical room in the next day (Day 1).
Total = 2 evaluations
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Initial contact (before any tDCS session - Day 0) and the moment before the surgical procedure (Day 1)
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Change in the temperature pain threshold
Time Frame: Day before the surgical treatment (Day 0), and in the moment after the spinal anesthesia recovery in immediate postoperative period (Day 1).
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It will be assessed by the Quantitative Sensory Test (QST) in the dominant (right) forearm and in the leg ipsilateral to the foot that will be treated.
The heat pain tolerance, the pain threshold to the heat and the temperature defined as pain 6/10 by the participant will be determined.
The temperature starts at 32°C, and it heats at a 1.0 °C/sec rate and cools down after a button is pressed or whenever it reaches the max temperature of 52°C.
The participant will be asked to press down the button at the first sensation of pain to determine the pain threshold; to press down the button whenever she can not stand the heat anymore for the pain tolerance determination and, for last, to press down the button at the temperature she fells pain equivalent to 6/10 in the numeric scale of pain.
The pain threshold and the temperature of pain 6/10 will be determined by the arithmetic mean of 3 evaluations each.
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Day before the surgical treatment (Day 0), and in the moment after the spinal anesthesia recovery in immediate postoperative period (Day 1).
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Change in effect of the descendent modulator system of pain
Time Frame: Day before the surgical treatment (Day 0), and in the moment after the spinal anesthesia recovery in immediate postoperative period (Day 1).
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It will be assessed by the Conditioned Pain Modulation test (CPM).
A nociceptive tonic conditioning stimulus - immersion of the non-dominant hand in cold water (0°C for 1 minute) - will be applied concomitant to the progressive thermal stimulus in the dominant forearm as applied in the QST pattern until it reaches the 6/10 pain temperature previously determined by the participant.
It will be tested in the day before the surgical treatment (before the first session of tDCS), and after the spinal anesthesia recovery in immediate postoperative period.
Total of 2 test days.
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Day before the surgical treatment (Day 0), and in the moment after the spinal anesthesia recovery in immediate postoperative period (Day 1).
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Change in serum biomarkers level: The brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), S100B, nerve growth factor (NGF) and enolase
Time Frame: The day before the surgical treatment (Day 0), in the moment before the spinal anestesia (Day 1) and a week after the surgical procedure (Day 9)
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A blood sample will be collected to measure each plasma biomarker in the day before the surgical treatment (Day 0), in the moment before the spinal anesthesia (Day 1) and a week after the surgical procedure (Day 9).
Total = 3 evaluations
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The day before the surgical treatment (Day 0), in the moment before the spinal anestesia (Day 1) and a week after the surgical procedure (Day 9)
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Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Adverse Effects
Time Frame: At the end of each tDCS session (Day 0 and Day 1)
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At the end of each tDCS session, the incidence of any adverse effects - paresthesia, headache, dizziness, nausea, neck pain, burns, redness or pain in the scalp, insomnia, abrupt humor changes and lack of concentration - will be questioned to the participant.
Total = 2 evaluations
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At the end of each tDCS session (Day 0 and Day 1)
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Wolnei Caumo, MD, PhD, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Publications and helpful links
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General Publications
- Nitsche MA, Cohen LG, Wassermann EM, Priori A, Lang N, Antal A, Paulus W, Hummel F, Boggio PS, Fregni F, Pascual-Leone A. Transcranial direct current stimulation: State of the art 2008. Brain Stimul. 2008 Jul;1(3):206-23. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2008.06.004. Epub 2008 Jul 1.
- Nitsche MA, Liebetanz D, Antal A, Lang N, Tergau F, Paulus W. Modulation of cortical excitability by weak direct current stimulation--technical, safety and functional aspects. Suppl Clin Neurophysiol. 2003;56:255-76. doi: 10.1016/s1567-424x(09)70230-2. No abstract available.
- Boros K, Poreisz C, Munchau A, Paulus W, Nitsche MA. Premotor transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) affects primary motor excitability in humans. Eur J Neurosci. 2008 Mar;27(5):1292-300. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06090.x. Epub 2008 Feb 29.
- Caumo W, Ruehlman LS, Karoly P, Sehn F, Vidor LP, Dall-Agnol L, Chassot M, Torres IL. Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the profile of chronic pain: screen for a Brazilian population. Pain Med. 2013 Jan;14(1):52-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01528.x. Epub 2012 Nov 21.
- Sehn F, Chachamovich E, Vidor LP, Dall-Agnol L, de Souza IC, Torres IL, Fregni F, Caumo W. Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the pain catastrophizing scale. Pain Med. 2012 Nov;13(11):1425-35. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01492.x. Epub 2012 Oct 4.
- Valle A, Roizenblatt S, Botte S, Zaghi S, Riberto M, Tufik S, Boggio PS, Fregni F. Efficacy of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for the treatment of fibromyalgia: results of a randomized, sham-controlled longitudinal clinical trial. J Pain Manag. 2009;2(3):353-361.
- Fenton BW, Palmieri PA, Boggio P, Fanning J, Fregni F. A preliminary study of transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of refractory chronic pelvic pain. Brain Stimul. 2009 Apr;2(2):103-7. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2008.09.009. Epub 2009 Feb 28.
- Ribeiro H, Sesterhenn RB, Souza A, Souza AC, Alves M, Machado JC, Burger NB, Torres ILDS, Stefani LC, Fregni F, Caumo W. Preoperative transcranial direct current stimulation: Exploration of a novel strategy to enhance neuroplasticity before surgery to control postoperative pain. A randomized sham-controlled study. PLoS One. 2017 Nov 30;12(11):e0187013. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187013. eCollection 2017.
Study record dates
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Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
December 1, 2014
Primary Completion (Actual)
November 1, 2015
Study Completion (Actual)
June 1, 2016
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
January 22, 2015
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
February 5, 2015
First Posted (Estimate)
February 10, 2015
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
July 18, 2017
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
July 14, 2017
Last Verified
July 1, 2017
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Other Study ID Numbers
- 14-0643
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Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
UNDECIDED
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