Evaluation of the Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Pain Perception in Parkinson's Disease (rTMS)

Toulouse University Hospital

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Parkinson's Disease

Treatments: Device: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01275573

09 155 02

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pain is a frequent symptom in Parkinson's disease. Previous studies have shown that pain perception was altered in Parkinson's disease patients and could be related to nociceptive cortical area hyperactivation. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation is an electrophysiological tool which can modify cortical excitability. Its efficacy was demonstrated in neuropathic pain. This is a randomized, double blind cross-over study. In this study, subjective pain threshold (using thermal stimulation (Thermotest)).will be evaluated in 3 groups of subjects: healthy volunteers, painful Parkinson's patients and pain free Parkinson's disease patients. Each group will receive a high frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and placebo stimulation in different order with a gap of one week.

The investigators supposed that a 20 Hz Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation session with an infraliminary intensity on the primary cortical motor, modulating nociceptive cortical areas activity, could modify the nociceptive threshold perception in Parkinson's patients.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

For patients:

• Patients with clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease according to the criteria of the UKPDSBB
• Parkinson's disease patients with a score≤3 on the Hoehn and Year scale
• Patients treated with dopaminergic antiparkinsonian drugs (L-DOPA, dopamine agonists,ICOMT...)
• Patients with or without neuropathic pain induced by Parkinson's disease
• Patients without personal or familial epilepsy episode history
• Patients from 50 to 80 years old (male or female)
• Patients affiliated to a social protection program
• Patient with an informed consent given

For Healthy volunteers

• Subjects from 50 to 80 years old (male or female)
• Subjects without any serious evolutionary pathology or any clinical significant treatment
• Subjects without chronic pain or disease which can induce neuropathic pain
• Subjects without personal or familial epilepsy episode history
• Subjects affiliated to a social protection program
• Subjects with an informed consent given

Exclusion criteria

For patients:

• Patients suffering from an other pathology causing chronic pain (rheumatic disease, traumatic or orthopaedic pathologies...)
• Parkinson's disease patients with a score>3 on the Hoehn and Yahr scale
• Patients with important tremors during a OFF conditions
• Patients suffering from a cancer
• Patients with a neuroleptic treatment
• Patients under tutelage, curatella or law protection
• Patients included in an other clinical study
• Patients unable to fulfil scales of the study
• Patients with personal or familial epilepsy episode history
• Contraindication of IRM
• Pregnant women

For Healthy volunteers:

• Subjects with serious evolutionary pathology or any clinical significant treatment
• Subjects with chronic pain or disease which can induce neuropathic pain
• Subjects with personal or familial epilepsy episode history
• Contraindication of IRM
• Pregnant women
• Subjects under tutelage, curatella or law protection
• Subjects included in an other clinical study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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30 participants in 3 patient groups

healthy volunteers

Other group

Description:

All the patients and healthy volunteers will receive high frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and placebo stimulation

Treatment:

Device: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

painful Parkinson's disease patients

Other group

Description:

All the patients and healthy volunteers will receive high frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and placebo stimulation

Treatment:

Device: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

painless Parkinson's disease patients

Other group

Description:

All the patients and healthy volunteers will receive high frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and placebo stimulation

Treatment:

Device: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation