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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT02236260
Date of registration: 29/08/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Nantes University Hospital
Public title: Evaluation of the Benefit Provided by Acupuncture During a Surgery of Deep Brain Stimulation ACUplus
Scientific title: Evaluation of the Benefit Provided by the Addition of Acupunctural Analgesia With Electrostimulation to Conventional Local Anesthesia Compared to Conventional Local Anesthesia Alone in Surgery of Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders.
Date of first enrolment: September 3, 2014
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02236260
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Supportive Care. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:     Sylvie RAOUL, MD
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Affiliation:  Nantes University Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients from both sexes aged who are >= 18 years

- Disabling movement disorders, resistant to medical treatment, in Parkinson's patients
who should benefit from a Deep Brain Stimulation in the subthalamic nucleus

- Scheduled intervention of a Deep Brain Stimulation

- Understanding of acupunctural analgesia with electrostimulation

- Signed informed consent

- Membership to a social security insurance scheme

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients who are >= 75 years

- History of intolerance to acupuncture

- Contraindications to local anesthesia

- Respiratory problems (asthma, COPD, ...)

- Holder of an implanted pacemaker

- Obesity with BMI > 30

- History of motion sickness

- Unstabilized psychiatric disorders

- Impaired cognitive functions

- Pregnancy

- Breastfeeding

- Minors

- Major under a legal protection regime



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 74 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Parkinson's Disease
Intervention(s)
Drug: Local Anesthesia (lidocaine hydrochloride)
Procedure: Electroacupuncture
Primary Outcome(s)
Patient comfort, judged by "Edmonton Symptom Assessment System" scale (ESAS) [Time Frame: The day of the DBS procedure]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Adverse effects [Time Frame: The day before the DBS procedure,the day of the DBS procedure, 2 days after the DBS procedure]
Drug consumption [Time Frame: The day of the DBS procedure, 2 days after the DBS procedure]
Anesthesia monitoring parameters: heart rate, blood pressure, pulse oximetry [Time Frame: The day of the DBS procedure, 2 days after the DBS procedure]
Patient anxiety, judged by Hamilton anxiety scale (HAMA) [Time Frame: The day before the DBS procedure, the day of the DBS procedure, 2 days after the DBS procedure]
Secondary ID(s)
RC14_0060
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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