NCT04648150

Evaluation of a Millimeter Wave Emission Bracelet for Improving Parkinson's Disease Symptoms

Evaluation of a Millimeter Wave Emission Bracelet -Type Medical Device for Improving Parkinson's Disease Symptoms: Multicenter, Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild · Network
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Idiopathic Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disease, with a prevalence of around 2% in people over 65 years of age in France. This pathology affects the dopaminergic pathway but also other systems: cholinergic, noradrenergic and serotoninergic. The symptoms of Parkinson's disease are motor but also non-motor with sleep, smell, cognitive, psychiatric, digestive, urinary, dysautonomic, painful disorders. The discomfort can be such that invasive and expensive solutions have been developed. Invasive or expensive techniques (deep brain stimulation, lesional microsurgery by gamma knife or ultrasound, duodopa or apokinon pumps) brought significant benefits to patients. Opportunities for clinical improvement using less expensive and lighter devices should be sought. The Remedee endorphin band device is a device that emits millimeter-band electromagnetic waves on the wrist. The device stimulates subcutaneous nerve endings and activates a physiological response leading to the release of endorphins in the brain. Endorphins are involved in several physiological processes, including pain control. Mu-opioid receptor (MOR) agonists do not only relieve pain, but have effects related to mesolimbic dopaminergic pathways. Indeed, the opioid and dopaminergic systems are closely linked at the cellular level. Endorphins, through inhibition of the release of the neurotransmitter GABA upon binding to the μ receptor, are also linked to an increase in dopamine.

Detailed description

Intervention 1 Name : VERUM Description : Experimental arm (VERUM): delivery of an active medical device for a period of 2 months. Then delivery of a second active medical device for a period of 4 months. Intervention 2 Name : SHAM Description: Control arm (SHAM): delivery of an inactive medical device for a period of 2 months of use then delivery of an active medical device from M2 to M6 after inclusion

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Evaluation of a millimeter wave emission bracelet for improving Parkinson's disease symptoms	Evaluation of a millimeter wave emission bracelet -type medical device for improving Parkinson's disease symptoms: multicenter, double-blind randomized controlled trial

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-05-18
• Primary completion: 2023-05-05
• Completion: 2023-05-05
• First posted: 2020-12-01
• Last updated: 2024-12-13
• Results posted: 2024-12-13

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: France