Vestibular Pain Interactions

NCT ID: NCT02358954

Last Updated: 2015-07-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

26 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-01-31

Study Completion Date

2015-06-30

Brief Summary

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The goal is to establish the practical usefulness of vestibular stimulation for modulating pain perception and to describe the possible mechanisms that could underlie neural vestibular-somatosensory interactions.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Vestibular Pain interactions

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Quantitative sensory testing

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Measurement of warm and cold detection and pain thresholds

CHEPS

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Measurement of amplitude and latency of cortically evoked potentials

3D Turntable

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Vection stimulation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Interventions

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Quantitative sensory testing

Measurement of warm and cold detection and pain thresholds

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

CHEPS

Measurement of amplitude and latency of cortically evoked potentials

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

3D Turntable

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Vection stimulation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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QST Contact heat evoked potentials

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Weight: 50 - 100 kg
* Height: 155 - 185 cm
* Male subjects 18 years to 60 years of age
* Sufficient command of German language
* Written informed consent by the participant after information about the project
* Without any known history of neurological disease (especially motor, somatosensory disorders, peripheral neuropathies).
* Right-handedness

Exclusion Criteria

1. Intellectually or mental impaired subjects
2. Drug abuse
3. Chronic alcohol consumption
4. No use of marihuana 24h before measurements.
5. No history of vestibular or auditory disorders.
6. Diabetes mellitus
7. Participants of other studies during study period and 30 days prior to study begin
8. Any regular concomitant medication
9. Abnormal QST parameters at the baseline measurement.
10. Absent CHEPs-Potentials at the baseline measurement.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Zurich

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Lucian Macrea

Lucian M Macrea

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University hospital Zurich

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

Other Identifiers

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VPI01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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