Functional Neuroimaging in Fibromyalgia Patients Receiving tDCS
17 de julio de 2013 actualizado por: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Study of the Brain With Optic Functional Neuroimaging in Patients With Chronic Pain Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
The purpose of this study is to evaluate effectiveness and cerebral neuronal ability to adaptation in patients with fibromyalgia who receive pregabalin and transcranial direct current stimulation.
Descripción general del estudio
Estado
Desconocido
Condiciones
Intervención / Tratamiento
Descripción detallada
Fibromyalgia syndrome occurs in around 2% of the population (predominantly women), and is characterized by its poor response to conventional therapies.
Therapeutic approaches modulating inhibitory pathways, including pharmacologic options as pregabalin, and non pharmacological ones as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have been proven to be of limited utility independently.
Aiming to evaluate a better understanding of the pathophysiogenic mechanisms and the effect of these treatments on neuroplasticity, this study was designed evaluating neurophysiologic, neurochemical and clinical parameters.
Neurophysiologic parameters and functions to be assessed will include pain threshold, motor evoked potential, silent period, intracortical facilitation and inhibition assessed by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and optic functional neuroimaging.
Neurochemical measurements considered will be neurotrophins (BDNF) and inflammatory mediators (TNF, IL1, IL6, IL10 and cortisol).
Clinical characteristics will be assessed using validated scales capable to detect functional capacity, quality of life (WHOCOHL), catastrophism, sleep disruptions (Pittsburgh) and depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory).
Considering the above described hypothesis, the present randomized clinical trial with blinded patients and evaluators is proposed.
It pretends to analyze short-, mid- and long-term neurobiological mechanisms triggered by the selected interventions.
Tipo de estudio
Intervencionista
Inscripción (Anticipado)
34
Fase
- Fase 2
Contactos y Ubicaciones
Esta sección proporciona los datos de contacto de quienes realizan el estudio e información sobre dónde se lleva a cabo este estudio.
Estudio Contacto
- Nombre: Wolnei Caumo, MD, PhD
- Número de teléfono: 51 3359 8083
- Correo electrónico: caumo@cpovo.net
Ubicaciones de estudio
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Rio Grande do Sul
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Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, 90035-903
- Reclutamiento
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
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Contacto:
- Wolnei Caumo, MD, PhD
- Número de teléfono: (51) 3359 8083
- Correo electrónico: caumo@cpovo.net
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Investigador principal:
- Wolnei Caumo, MD PhD
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Criterios de participación
Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
18 años a 65 años (Adulto, Adulto Mayor)
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
No
Géneros elegibles para el estudio
Femenino
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- - Diagnosis of fibromyalgia according to the American College of Rheumatology criteria
Exclusion Criteria:
- Psychiatric or neurologic disorder that unable patient to consent and follow study protocol.
- De-compensated systemic disease.
- Chronic inflammatory disease (e.g. Systemic Lupus Erythematous, Rheumatoid Arthritis).
Plan de estudios
Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Tratamiento
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
- Enmascaramiento: Único
Armas e Intervenciones
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Comparador falso: Pregabalin, Sham tDCS
Patients will receive pregabalin 150 mg oral (PO) twice per day (BID), and sham transcranial direct current stimulation (sham tDCS) five times per week during 2 weeks, and then twice per week until week 8th.
The sham tDCS consists of the same montage of the active tDCS, but the device is turned off 30 seconds after initiating stimulation (without letting the patient notice it).
Rest of the montage is kept identical as the active one during the 30 minutes that the session lasts.
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Pregabalin 150 mg per oral BID (i.e.
twice per day).
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The sham tDCS consists of the same montage of the active tDCS, but the device is turned off 30 seconds after initiating stimulation (without letting the patient notice it).
Rest of the montage is kept identical as the active one during the 30 minutes that the session lasts.
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Experimental: Pregabalin, tDCS
Patients will receive pregabalin 150 mg oral(PO) twice per day (BID), and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) five times per week during 2 weeks, and then twice per week until week 8th.
The tDCS consists of application of low intensity direct current (2 mA), with the anode placed in the dominant motor cortex (M1) and the cathode in the ipsilateral supraorbital region during 30 minutes each session, using sponge electrodes soaked with normal saline solution.
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Pregabalin 150 mg per oral BID (i.e.
twice per day).
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The tDCS consists of application of low intensity direct current (2 mA), with the anode placed in the dominant motor cortex (M1) and the cathode in the ipsilateral supraorbital region during 30 minutes each session, using sponge electrodes soaked with normal saline solution.
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
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Change in the pressure pain threshold.
Periodo de tiempo: 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.
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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.
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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.
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Change in cortical excitability parameters assessed by transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Periodo de tiempo: 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.
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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.
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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.
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Changes in motor cortex blood flow assessed by near infrared spectroscopy.
Periodo de tiempo: 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.
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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.
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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.
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Change in the temperature pain threshold.
Periodo de tiempo: 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.
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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.
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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.
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Change in the visual analogue scale for pain to prolonged thermal stimuli.
Periodo de tiempo: 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.
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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.
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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.
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Change in average daily pain assessed with the visual analogue scale.
Periodo de tiempo: Starting on day 1, each day until Week 12. Total: 84 Evaluations.
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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.
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Starting on day 1, each day until Week 12. Total: 84 Evaluations.
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Change in the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire.
Periodo de tiempo: Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin); week 2, week 8 and week 12 after initiating the allocated intervention.
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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.
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Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin); week 2, week 8 and week 12 after initiating the allocated intervention.
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Change in quality of life assessed by the WHOQOL (World Health Organization Quality of Life), reduced form, adapted to Brazilian Portuguese.
Periodo de tiempo: Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin), week 2, week 8 and week 12 after initiating the allocated intervention.
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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.
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Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin), week 2, week 8 and week 12 after initiating the allocated intervention.
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Otras medidas de resultado
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Medida Descripción |
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Serum biomarkers levels: The brain derived neurotrophic factor, salivary cortisol, tumor necrosis factor alpha, Interleukin 1, 6 and 10 levels will be measured.
Periodo de tiempo: 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.
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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.
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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.
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Level of depressive symptoms.
Periodo de tiempo: Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin), week 2 and week 8 after initiating the allocated intervention.
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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.
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Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin), week 2 and week 8 after initiating the allocated intervention.
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Sleep quality.
Periodo de tiempo: Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin), week 2 and week 8 after initiating the allocated intervention.
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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.
Sleep quality will be assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the 10 cm scale of sleep quality.
It will be assessed 2 and 8 weeks after initiating the allocated intervention.
Total: Three Evaluations.
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Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin), week 2 and week 8 after initiating the allocated intervention.
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Pain catastrophizing thoughts.
Periodo de tiempo: Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin), week 2 and week 8 after initiating the allocated intervention.
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The level of catastrophic thinking will be assessed by the scale of catastrophic thoughts adapted to the Brazilian population (BP-PCS).
Will be assessed before initiating treatment.
Patients will receive pregabalin 150 mg PO BID + tDCS (or sham tDCS) daily during 2 weeks, and then twice per week until week 8th.
Pain catastrophizing thoughts will be assessed 2 and 8 weeks after initiating the allocated intervention.
Total: Three Evaluations.
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Day 1 (1 hour before receiving the 1st dose of pregabalin), week 2 and week 8 after initiating the allocated intervention.
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
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Patrocinador
Investigadores
- Investigador principal: Wolnei Caumo, MD, PhD, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Publicaciones y enlaces útiles
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Publicaciones Generales
- Nitsche MA, Fricke K, Henschke U, Schlitterlau A, Liebetanz D, Lang N, Henning S, Tergau F, Paulus W. Pharmacological modulation of cortical excitability shifts induced by transcranial direct current stimulation in humans. J Physiol. 2003 Nov 15;553(Pt 1):293-301. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.049916. Epub 2003 Aug 29.
- Ziemann U, Lonnecker S, Steinhoff BJ, Paulus W. Effects of antiepileptic drugs on motor cortex excitability in humans: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Ann Neurol. 1996 Sep;40(3):367-78. doi: 10.1002/ana.410400306.
- Fregni F, Gimenes R, Valle AC, Ferreira MJ, Rocha RR, Natalle L, Bravo R, Rigonatti SP, Freedman SD, Nitsche MA, Pascual-Leone A, Boggio PS. A randomized, sham-controlled, proof of principle study of transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of pain in fibromyalgia. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Dec;54(12):3988-98. doi: 10.1002/art.22195.
- Burgmer M, Pogatzki-Zahn E, Gaubitz M, Wessoleck E, Heuft G, Pfleiderer B. Altered brain activity during pain processing in fibromyalgia. Neuroimage. 2009 Jan 15;44(2):502-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.09.008. Epub 2008 Sep 24.
- Arnold LM. Biology and therapy of fibromyalgia. New therapies in fibromyalgia. Arthritis Res Ther. 2006;8(4):212. doi: 10.1186/ar1971.
- Russell IJ, Raphael KG. Fibromyalgia syndrome: presentation, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and vulnerability. CNS Spectr. 2008 Mar;13(3 Suppl 5):6-11. doi: 10.1017/s1092852900026778.
- Chizh BA, Gohring M, Troster A, Quartey GK, Schmelz M, Koppert W. Effects of oral pregabalin and aprepitant on pain and central sensitization in the electrical hyperalgesia model in human volunteers. Br J Anaesth. 2007 Feb;98(2):246-54. doi: 10.1093/bja/ael344.
- Dooley DJ, Mieske CA, Borosky SA. Inhibition of K(+)-evoked glutamate release from rat neocortical and hippocampal slices by gabapentin. Neurosci Lett. 2000 Feb 18;280(2):107-10. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3940(00)00769-2.
- Taber KH, Hillman EM, Hurley RA. Optical imaging: a new window to the adult brain. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2010 Fall;22(4):iv, 357-60. doi: 10.1176/jnp.2010.22.4.iv. No abstract available.
Fechas de registro del estudio
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Fechas importantes del estudio
Inicio del estudio
1 de marzo de 2013
Finalización primaria (Anticipado)
1 de julio de 2014
Finalización del estudio (Anticipado)
1 de diciembre de 2014
Fechas de registro del estudio
Enviado por primera vez
8 de julio de 2013
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
17 de julio de 2013
Publicado por primera vez (Estimar)
22 de julio de 2013
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Estimar)
22 de julio de 2013
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
17 de julio de 2013
Última verificación
1 de julio de 2013
Más información
Términos relacionados con este estudio
Palabras clave
Términos MeSH relevantes adicionales
- Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso
- Dolor
- Manifestaciones neurológicas
- Enfermedades musculoesqueléticas
- Enfermedades reumáticas
- Enfermedades Musculares
- Enfermedades Neuromusculares
- Dolor crónico
- Fibromialgia
- Síndromes de dolor miofascial
- Efectos fisiológicos de las drogas
- Mecanismos moleculares de acción farmacológica
- Depresores del sistema nervioso central
- Agentes del sistema nervioso periférico
- Analgésicos
- Agentes del sistema sensorial
- Agentes tranquilizantes
- Drogas psicotropicas
- Moduladores de transporte de membrana
- Agentes contra la ansiedad
- Anticonvulsivos
- Hormonas y agentes reguladores del calcio
- Bloqueadores de los canales de calcio
- Pregabalina
Otros números de identificación del estudio
- 120128
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