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- Clinical Trial NCT05263414
Neuromodulation of Inhibitory Control in Tic Disorders
Modulation of Neurocognitive Mechanisms Involved in Inhibitory Control in Tic Disorders
Study Overview
Detailed Description
The investigators planned a single centre, randomized, double-blind, sham- controlled, crossover (within subject) design.
Adults with Tic Disorders will be recruited and randomly assigned to two different groups: the active-tVNS group and the sham-tVNS group. Each group will undergo a two-sessions intervention during which active tVNS followed by sham tVNS or sham tVNS followed by active tVNS will be delivered in the active and sham tVNS group, respectively. The stimulation will be delivered during the execution of an inhibitory task and an attentional task. For the inhibitory task a Contextual Go No-Go paradigm will be used. During this task, participants will be presented with visual stimuli representing everyday actions embedded within congruent or incongruent context. For example, stimuli could consist in precision or grasping actions suggesting the intention to eat or to move the object in another place. For each stimulus, there will be a kinematic component consisting in the movement performed by the model and a contextual component, consisting in the embedding scenario of the action (a breakfast scenario, or a cleaning scenario). Participants will be instructed to press a button when a specific intention (go) will be suggested by the video and not to press a button for the opposite intention (no go), either according to the kinematics or to the context, depending on the experimental block. This way, it will be possible to assess inhibitory control at response level. Crucially, kinematics and context of the visual stimuli could point toward the same (congruent) or opposite (incongruent) intentions, thus allowing to assess inhibitory control at the stimulus level. For the attentional task, the attentional network test (ANT; Fan et al.,2002) will be used. The task is a modified version of a Flanker task and it allows measuring orienting, alerting and executive control components. To assess the clinical, neuropsychological and behavioural profiles, the Yale Global Tic Severity Rating Scale (YGTSS), the EuroQol quality of life questionnaire, the Raven Matrix, the Autism Quotient, the Barratt Impulsiveness scale and the Navon Task will be used. The effects of tVNS on patients' behavioural control (as assessed through the Contextual Go No-Go task and the ANT) will be related to clinical, neuropsychological and behavioural profile, for identifying best the features tVNS responder patients. Side effects will be tested after each session.
The protocol will allow testing the efficiency of tVNS in:
- enhancing inhibition at response level (response selection) in Tic disorders;
- enhancing inhibition at stimulus level (response inhibition) in Tic disorders;
- improving alerting, orienting or executive control in Tic disorders;
- improving patients' quality of life and Tic control;
- further investigating the safety and tolerability of tVNS.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Udine
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Pasian di Prato, Udine, Italy, 33037
- Scientific Institute, IRCCS E. Medea,
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Contact:
- Alessandra Finisguerra, PhD
- Phone Number: +390432693111
- Email: alessandra.finisguerra@lanostrafamiglia.it
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- adults who aged 18-50 years;
- Diagnosis of Tic disorders
Exclusion Criteria:
- Presence of contraindication to tVNS (history of epilepsy in the last two years, severe brain trauma; presence of metal in the brain/skull or implanted neurostimulator, cardiac pacemaker; state of pregnancy);
- Recent changes in drugs therapy due to the intake of or the withdrawal from some drugs potentially changing the seizure threshold;
- Presence of comorbidity with an important medical condition;
- Severe sensorial, motor and/or behavioural problems that could interfere with the tasks
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: CROSSOVER
- Masking: TRIPLE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Active tVNS
In the active tVNS session, tVNS will be delivered via a programmable stimulation unit connected to two titan ear electrodes mounted on a gel frame.
Active tVNS will be delivered over the cymba conchae of the left ear for a 70 minutes session.
Stimulation intensity will be set at an intensity corresponding to individual sensitivity threshold.
The intensity of the stimulation will be gradually increased in order to reach the intensity of stimulation with a ramping-up phase of 30 secs.
During the stimulation, participants will perform the tasks.
At the end of the stimulation session participants will be asked to report possible side effects occurring during tVNS and to rate their feeling on several visual analogue scales.
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tVNS allows the non-invasive activation of the Vagus Nerve by delivering electrical pulses to the sensory afferent fibers of the auricular, thick-myelinated, branch of the vagus nerve in the outer ear.
TVNS seems to engage the same neural pathways of invasive VNS methods and may provide a novel, bottom-up NIBS method to promote GABA release.
tVNS will be performed by using a CE marked tVNS device.
It consists in a programmable stimulation unit connected to two titan ear electrodes that are mounted on a gel frame, allowing to generate and transfer electric impulses from the stimulation unit to the surface of the skin, where the electrodes are applied.
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SHAM_COMPARATOR: Sham tVNS
In the sham tVNS session tVNS will be delivered via a programmable stimulation unit connected to two titan ear electrodes mounted on a gel frame.
Sham tVNS will be delivered over the left lobe auricle area, which is free from cutaneous vagal innervation.
It will last 70 minutes.
Stimulation intensity will be set at the intensity corresponding to the individual sensitivity threshold, as it will be defined on the left ear lobe.
The intensity of the stimulation will be gradually increased to reach the intensity of the stimulation with a ramping up phase of 30 secs.
During the sham stimulation, the tasks will be performed.
At the end of the stimulation session participants will be asked to report possible side effects occurring during tVNS and to rate their feeling on several visual analogue scales.
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tVNS allows the non-invasive activation of the Vagus Nerve by delivering electrical pulses to the sensory afferent fibers of the auricular, thick-myelinated, branch of the vagus nerve in the outer ear.
TVNS seems to engage the same neural pathways of invasive VNS methods and may provide a novel, bottom-up NIBS method to promote GABA release.
tVNS will be performed by using a CE marked tVNS device.
It consists in a programmable stimulation unit connected to two titan ear electrodes that are mounted on a gel frame, allowing to generate and transfer electric impulses from the stimulation unit to the surface of the skin, where the electrodes are applied.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Contextual Go No-Go
Time Frame: Time 1- at the end the active session vs Time 0- at the end of the sham session
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Performance in the contextual go no go task, consisting in the accuracy in making the response in the presence of a go stimulus, and not responding in the presence of a no-go stimulus (Response selection) as a function of different level of congruency between the kinematics and the contextual cues (stimulus selection).
Change in inhibition at response level (response selection) and at stimulus level (response inhibition) after active tVNS.
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Time 1- at the end the active session vs Time 0- at the end of the sham session
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Attentional Network Test
Time Frame: Time 1- at the end the active session vs Time 0- at the end of the sham session
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Performance in the ANT tasks, with respect to the three components: alerting, orienting, executive control.
For the alerting component, the mean RT of the correct trials in the double-cues conditions will be subtracted from the mean RT of the no-cue condition.
For the Orienting component, the effect will be calculated by subtracting the mean RT of the spatial cue condition from the mean RT of the central cue condition.
For the executive control component, the effect will be obtained by subtracting the mean RT of the incongruent flanking condition from the mean RT of the congruent flanking condition.Change in alerting, orienting, executive control after active tVNS.
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Time 1- at the end the active session vs Time 0- at the end of the sham session
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Tic control
Time Frame: Time 1- at the end the active tVNS session vs Time 0- at the end of the sham session
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Scores in the YBTCCS after each session will be compared.
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Time 1- at the end the active tVNS session vs Time 0- at the end of the sham session
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tVNS feasibility
Time Frame: Time 1- at the end the active tVNS session vs Time 0- at the end of the sham session
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Evaluation of the number of dropouts: number of patients who renounce to complete the two sessions.
Evaluation of the number of sessions completed per patient: total number of sessions performed in front of the total number proposed of two sessions
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Time 1- at the end the active tVNS session vs Time 0- at the end of the sham session
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tVNS acceptability
Time Frame: Time 1- at the end the active tVNS session
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Ad-hoc questionnaire completed by participants to assess subjective evaluation of tVNS discomfort (10 cm Visual Analogue scales with higher values corresponding to greater discomfort).
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Time 1- at the end the active tVNS session
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Study record dates
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Study Start (ANTICIPATED)
Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ACTUAL)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
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Other Study ID Numbers
- 847
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
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IPD Plan Description
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Drug and device information, study documents
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