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NCT02236260: ACUplus
Evaluation of the Benefit Provided by Acupuncture During a Surgery of Deep Brain Stimulation
NA trial testing Electroacupuncture in Parkinson's Disease in 20 participants. Completed in 14 June 2017.
12 June 2017
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Nantes University Hospital |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | supportive care |
| Enrollment | 20 |
| Start date | 3 September 2014 |
| Primary completion | 12 June 2017 |
| Estimated completion | 14 June 2017 |
| Sites | 1 location across France |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Electroacupuncture
- Local Anesthesia (lidocaine hydrochloride) — full drug profile →
Conditions studied
- Parkinson's Disease — all drugs for Parkinson's Disease →
Sponsor
Nantes University Hospital
Who can join
Adults 18 to 74, any sex, with Parkinson's Disease. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The effectiveness of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in certain movement disorders is widely demonstrated. The success of this procedure requires that the patient is awake and cooperative. The conditions of this intervention can be difficult to tolerate by the patient for several reasons: long procedure (from 3 to 8 hours), body immobilisation (particularly the head in the stereotactic frame), stress related to the localization of the DBS. It is therefore important to improve the comfort as well as the cooperation of the patient, during implantation of the DBS electrodes, in order to optimize the conditions of the intervention. In addition to analgesia, acupuncture should allow sedation without affecting alertness and should contribute to the regulation of any vegetative reactions during the procedure. Therefore, we hypothesize that acupuncture could improve the quality of care of the patient during a DBS procedure. In practice, this is electroacupuncture that will be used in this research to maintain the stimulation of acupuncture points to an optimal level during the time of the intervention.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Additional Benefit of Intraoperative Electroacupuncture in Improving Tolerance of Deep Brain Stimulation Surgical Procedure in Parkinsonian Patients.
Raoul S, Brissot R, Lefaucheur JP, Nguyen JM, et al · · 2022 · PMID 35628808 · DOI 10.3390/jcm11102680
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02236260 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Nantes University Hospital
- Last refreshed: 7 September 2017
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