Efficacy of rTMS and tDCS as Adjunctive Rehabilitation for Cerebrovascular Disease-related Gait Dysfunction

NCT ID: NCT04282538

Last Updated: 2020-02-24

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-12-01

Study Completion Date

2020-12-31

Brief Summary

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This study was a prospective, randomized, single-blind, parallel-controlled, multicenter clinical study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation assisted rehabilitation in the treatment of cerebrovascular disease-related gait disorders.

Detailed Description

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This study was a prospective, randomized, single-blind, parallel-controlled, multicenter clinical study. The main purpose was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation assisted rehabilitation in the treatment of cerebrovascular disease-related gait disorders. The secondary objective was to assess the effects of these two types of neuromodulation on cognitive, emotional, and daily living abilities.

Conditions

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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Cerebrovascular Disease Gait Dysfunction, Neurologic

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Group A - Active

Active rTMS for Gait Dysfunction of Hemiplegia

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Active rTMS

Intervention Type DEVICE

4-week (5 days per week) active rTMS (90%rMT, M1, 10Hz for 10s, 50s interval, 20 trains)

Walking training

Intervention Type OTHER

4-week (5 days per week) walking training

Group A - Sham

Sham rTMS for Gait Dysfunction of Hemiplegia

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham rTMS

Intervention Type DEVICE

4-week (5 days per week) sham rTMS

Walking training

Intervention Type OTHER

4-week (5 days per week) walking training

Group B - Active

Active tDCS for Frontal Gait Dysfunction

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Active tDCS

Intervention Type DEVICE

4-week (5 days per week) active tDCS (2mA, DLPFC, 20 min)

Walking training

Intervention Type OTHER

4-week (5 days per week) walking training

Cognition training

Intervention Type OTHER

4-week (5 days per week) cognition training

Group B - Sham

Sham tDCS for Frontal Gait Dysfunction

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham tDCS

Intervention Type DEVICE

4-week (5 days per week) sham tDCS

Walking training

Intervention Type OTHER

4-week (5 days per week) walking training

Cognition training

Intervention Type OTHER

4-week (5 days per week) cognition training

Interventions

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Active rTMS

4-week (5 days per week) active rTMS (90%rMT, M1, 10Hz for 10s, 50s interval, 20 trains)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sham rTMS

4-week (5 days per week) sham rTMS

Intervention Type DEVICE

Active tDCS

4-week (5 days per week) active tDCS (2mA, DLPFC, 20 min)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sham tDCS

4-week (5 days per week) sham tDCS

Intervention Type DEVICE

Walking training

4-week (5 days per week) walking training

Intervention Type OTHER

Cognition training

4-week (5 days per week) cognition training

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Group A: Gait Dysfunction of Hemiplegia

* Age ≥ 35 years old, ≤ 75 years old;
* There was a cerebral infarction event in the past ≥ 2 months, leaving unilateral lower extremity paralysis, muscle strength IV to V- grade;
* Brunnstrom staging: lower limb of paralysis (IV-V grade), lower limb of healthy side (IV-V grade), upper limbs (IV-V grade), hands (IV-V grade);
* Able to stand for 5 minutes without assistance, without gait aid, and to walk independently for 5 minutes without stopping;
* Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) \> 17 points, able to complete cognitive and gait assessments.
2. Group B: Frontal Gait Dysfunction

* Age ≥ 35 years old, ≤ 75 years old;
* Meet the frontal gait characteristics: a) Balance dysfunction: wide step base, trunk swing, increased fall, decreased trunk movement control, and autonomous activity dysfunction; b) difficulty in starting, dragging and freezing; c) without limb ataxia, dysarthria, nystagmus, decreased facial expression, decreased upper limb joint activity, upper motor neuron impaired signs, and resting tremor;
* There was a cerebral infarction event ≥ 2 months, or asymptomatic stroke event but the head MRI suggested single or multiple lacunar infarction or ischemic lesion (diameter ≤ 2cm);
* limb muscle strength V- to V grade, and the muscle strength of both limbs is the same;
* Able to stand for 5 minutes without assistance, without gait aid, to walk independently for 5 minutes;
* Able to complete cognitive and gait assessments.

Exclusion Criteria

* Other gait abnormalities caused by other diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, hydrocephalus, cerebellar disease, vestibular system disease, extrapyramidal abnormalities, abnormalities of proprioceptive sensibility, visual abnormalities, auditory abnormalities, peripheral nerves and musculoskeletal diseases;
* Symptomatic cerebral infarction \<2 months; Severe nervous system diseases, such as previous cerebral hemorrhage, history of subarachnoid hemorrhage, craniocerebral trauma, cerebral vascular malformation, brain tumor, central nervous system infection, demyelinating disease, epilepsy, myelopathy, etc.;
* Severe cognitive impairment, major depression, and aphasia disable to finish the cognitive and gait assessments;
* serious cardiovascular, pulmonary, blood, rheumatism and other complications, pregnancy;
* Metal implants such as pacemakers or cochlear implants;
* Taking drugs that affect cortical excitability: such as antiepileptic drugs, sedation, benzodiazepines, antidepressants, dopamine, amphetamines, etc.;
* long-term heavy drinking: the alcohol content of men drinking more than 168g per week, women more than 112g;
* Neurological rehabilitation treatment was received within 1 month before the start of the trial.
Minimum Eligible Age

35 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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zsneurology

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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zsneurology

Medical doctor

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Xin Wang, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital

Locations

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Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Shanghai Eighth People's Hospital

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Shanghai Huadong Hospital

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Shanghai Xuhui District Central Hospital

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Xin Wang, MD

Role: CONTACT

02164041991

Jing Ding, MD

Role: CONTACT

02164041991

Facility Contacts

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XIn Wang, MD

Role: primary

Jie Shen, MD

Role: primary

JieJiao Zheng, MD

Role: primary

YuWu Zhao, MD

Role: primary

Xueyuan Liu, MD

Role: primary

Jian Yang, MD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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17411953800

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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