NCT03295370

Electrical Stimulation of Accessory Spinal Nerve in Cortical Activation and Autonomic Response in Healthy Subjects

Completed NA Last updated 5 January 2018

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Electrical Stimulation in Pain in 14 participants. Completed in 4 January 2018.

Timeline

13 June 2017

Primary endpoint
4 January 2018

4 January 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	crossover
Masking	none
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	14
Start date	13 June 2017
Primary completion	4 January 2018
Estimated completion	4 January 2018
Sites	1 location across Brazil

Drugs / interventions tested

• Electrical Stimulation

Conditions studied

• Pain — all drugs for Pain →

Sponsor

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Who can join

Adults 18 to 55, male only, with Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This randomized, crossover sham controlled trial with sham intended to study the effect of electrical stimulation on peripheral nerve (spinal accessory nerve) with acupuncture needle in healthy subjects aims to access the effect o electrical stimulation of accessory spinal nerve in cortical activation, muscular perfusion and autonomic response in healthy subjects.

Participants will be assessed through measure changes in cortical activation, local muscular peripheral perfusion and autonomic responses before and after intervention and intervention-sham, and crossed after a period of wash-out.

The design aims to contribute to assessment of one electroacupuncture's techniques by measuring some of the physiological effects caused by peripheral stimulation.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Functional Spectroscopy Mapping of Pain Processing Cortical Areas During Non-painful Peripheral Electrical Stimulation of the Accessory Spinal Nerve.
   Bandeira JS, Antunes LDC, Soldatelli MD, Sato JR, et al · · 2019 · cited 30× · PMID 31263406 · DOI 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00200