NCT01948050

Pilot Study of Transcranial Stimulation (tDCS)to Relieve Neuropathic Pain in Cancer Patients

Pilot Study on Safety and Efficacy of the Non-invasive Transcranial Stimulation (tDCS) to Relieve Neuropathic Pain in Cancer Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 24 (actual)
• Sponsor: Beth Israel Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a pilot study designed to collect preliminary data on safety and efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to relieve pain in cancer patients who developed neuropathic pain in the affected area after a surgical intervention, radiation therapy, or chemotherapy to treat the disease.

Detailed description

This is a pilot study that aims to determine the effect of repetitive tDCS stimulation, performed on five consecutive days at intensity of 2 mA, on pain and somatosensory abnormalities in patients with neuropathic pain that followed surgical, radiation or chemotherapeutic treatment, and to evaluate safety of tDCS in the same model.

Conditions

• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	non-invasive transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-11-01
• Completion: 2012-11-01
• First posted: 2013-09-23
• Last updated: 2014-07-14
• Results posted: 2014-07-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States