NCT01795079

Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Neuropathic Symptoms Following Burn Injury

Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System: Cortical Modulation With Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for Neuropathic Symptoms Following Burn Injury

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to see the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on the pain and itching associated with burn injury. This study is part of the Boston-Harvard Burn Model System. The investigators hypothesize that there will be a decrease in pain levels with active stimulation, when compared to sham stimulation, using a 3 week stimulation schedule- 2 weeks of stimulation (10 consecutive days) followed by 1 week of stimulation (5 consecutive days) after three follow up visits at 2, 4 and 8 weeks after initial course of stimulation. The subject will also have follow ups at 2, 4 and 8 weeks after the second course of stimulation. If a subject receives sham during the experiment, he/she may enroll in an open-label portion of the study and receive 10 days of active stimulation.

Conditions

• Burn Injury
• Chronic Pain
• Pruritus
• Itching

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)	Subjects will undergo 15 sessions of tDCS stimulation (either active or sham), 1x per day at 20 minutes per session.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2019-07-01
• Completion: 2020-04-15
• First posted: 2013-02-20
• Last updated: 2021-03-17
• Results posted: 2021-03-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States