tES With Random Noise Stimulation Applied to Children With Brain Injury

NCT ID: NCT02656433

Last Updated: 2024-05-07

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

92 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-03-01

Study Completion Date

2023-01-31

Brief Summary

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50 children between 4 and 7 years old with moderate to severe motor impairment, 50% males 50% females will participate in an interventional study in two groups: placebo and experimental group.

Placebo group will only receive traditional treatment with physiotherapy and the Experimental or tRNS Group will receive physiotherapy plus tRNS BrainNoninvasive Stimulation.

Detailed Description

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In this Interventional Study with Double Blind Assignment to Placebo and Experimental Group, Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) and Neurophysiological are the parameters measured with EEG amplifier before and after 30 sessions.

Work hypothesis is that the tRNS Group will present better motor functionality after 30 sessions of 30 minutes of duration of electrical brain stimulation administered during physiotherapy exercises 2 days per week than the Group that only receives treatment with physiotherapy during 30 minutes 2 days per week without tRNS.

Conditions

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Brain Injury Motor Skills Disorders

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Caregivers Investigators

Study Groups

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Placebo Group

Receive treatment with physiotherapy

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Physiotherapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard of care physiotherapy aimed to the motor impairment the subject presents

Experimental or tRNS Group

Receive treatment with physiotherapy plus Transcranial Random Noise Stimulation (tRNS)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Transcranial Random Noise Stimulation

Intervention Type DEVICE

A special Helmet supply weak electrical currents in the head

Physiotherapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard of care physiotherapy aimed to the motor impairment the subject presents

Interventions

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Transcranial Random Noise Stimulation

A special Helmet supply weak electrical currents in the head

Intervention Type DEVICE

Physiotherapy

Standard of care physiotherapy aimed to the motor impairment the subject presents

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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tRNS

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients between 3 and 7 years.
* Meet criteria for Congenital or Acquired Brain Injury .
* Patients who have been diagnosed at least 1 year before inclusion in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

* Acute visual or hearing loss.
* Other neurological disorders: migraine, epilepsy, tuberous sclerosis
* Other neurodevelopmental disorders like ASD, ADHD, PDD, etc ...
Minimum Eligible Age

3 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

7 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Spanish Foundation for Neurometrics Development

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Moises Aguilar Domingo, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Fundación Española para el Desarrollo de la Neurometria (Brainmech)

Locations

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New Remedies

Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

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Other Identifiers

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TRNS23062015

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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