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Long-term Outcome of DBS Versus Botulinum Toxin Treatment in Cervical Dystonia

NCT ID: NCT04432285

Last Updated: 2023-12-12

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-08-06

Study Completion Date

2024-12-31

Brief Summary

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Cervical dystonia (CD) is the most common isolated dystonia in adults. Cervical dystonia symptoms can in most patients be managed well by botulinum toxin (BTX) injections, and supporting treatment measures. However, one-fifth to one-third of patients do not obtain sufficient relief from long-term BTX therapy, resulting in reduced quality of life. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a treatment method in which electrodes are surgically implanted permanently in the brain to modulate brain networks and function. In cervical dystonia, DBS of the postero-ventral part of the internal globus pallidus (GPi-DBS) has been established as an effective treatment for severe cases. However, the outcome of GPi-DBS in cervical dystonia has been reported mostly in some smaller series with up to 3 years follow-up. Thus, there is a lack of documentation of outcome of GPi-DBS in CD beyond 3 years of treatment and in larger patient materials. In this study the investigators will perform a long-term follow-up study of patients who were operated with a DBS-device targeting the GPi bilaterally, and who have been treated with chronic GPi-DBS for a minimum of 3 years. The investigators will measure the severity of symptom burden and quality of life with validated rating scales.

The investigators will compare this DBS-treated cohort with an age- and gender matched group of CD patients who are receiving the standard treatment with botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) injections and have been treated for at least 3 years as well. The investigators hypothesize that the DBS-treated group will have a significantly lower burden of symptoms at long-term follow-up than the BoNT treated group.

Detailed Description

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Cervical dystonia (CD) is the most common isolated dystonia in adults, with a prevalence of 9-13/100000. CD has a mean age at onset of 40 years, and is almost twice as common in women than in men. Cervical dystonia symptoms can in most patients be managed well by botulinum toxin (BoNT) injections, and supporting treatment measures. However, one-fifth to one-third of patients do not obtain sufficient relief from long-term BoNT therapy, resulting in reduced quality of life. Deep brain stimulation in the postero-ventral part of the internal globus pallidus (GPi-DBS) has been established as an effective treatment of cervical dystonia, including as a part of primary generalized dystonia, segmental or focal dystonia.

Long-term outcome of pallidal DBS in cervical dystonia has only been published in some smaller series. In a prospective, single-center study with blinded outcome assessments of eight CD patients, an average improvement of 70% in the Severity score of the TWSTRS , and 91% and 92% improvement, respectively, in the Disability and Pain scores, was found at median 30 months follow-up (Skogseid IM et al, 2012). The two largest unblinded series showed average improvements of TWSTRS Severity score of 55 % and 58 %, at mean follow-up 32 months (n=10), and 2 years (n=6), respectively (Hung SW et al, 2007, Cacciola F et al, 2010).

Although these studies are promising, there is a lack of documentation of outcome of GPi-DBS in CD beyond 3 years of treatment and in larger patient materials. Also, studies are lacking that compare the severity of remaining CD symptoms and disease-specific quality of life between a long-term treated DBS-cohort and a cohort receiving long-term BoNT treatment.

The investigators will therefore perform a cross-sectional, observational study of patients who were operated at Oslo University Hospital with a Medtronic DBS-device targeting the GPi bilaterally from 2004 to 2017, and who have been treated with chronic GPi-DBS for a minimum of 3 years and up to 13 years. The main objective is to assess remaining CD severity and CD-related Quality of Life (QoL) in this DBS-treated group and compare this with an age- and gender matched group of CD-patients treated with BoNT-injections for a minimum of 3 years (BoNT-group).

The main outcome measures are the Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale (TWSTRS), with its three subscores: Severity, Disability and Pain, and the Cervical Dystonia Impact Profile-58 (CDIP-58), which is a self-rated questionnaire for disease-specific quality of life. The primary endpoint of the study is the difference in TWSTRS total score between the two treatment groups at the time of long-term follow-up. The BoNT-group will be assessed with TWSTRS both before and 4-6 weeks after the last injection, but the score 4-6 weeks after injection will be used for comparison with the DBS-group. In the DBS-group the TWSTRS total and subscores obtained at long-term evaluation will also be compared to the scores which were obtained prior to the operation as part of the routine work-up. Secondary endpoints are TWSTRS Severity, Disability and Pain score, and CDIP-58 Total scores. Exploratory variables are the eight Symptom/Domain scores of the CDIP-58 and Visual Analog Scale for Global Burden of Disease (VAS-GBD), at long-term follow-up. Other outcome variables are complications and severe adverse events of the two treatment types, and the Anxiety and Depression scores of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).

The investigators hypothesize that the DBS-treated group will have a significantly lower mean TWSTRS total score at long-term follow-up than the BoNT treated group.

Conditions

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Cervical Dystonia

Keywords

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Deep Brain Stimulation Botulinum Toxin treatment

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Deep Brain Stimulation (GPi-DBS)

Patients with cervical dystonia (CD) who were operated at Oslo University Hospital between June 2004 and December 2017 with a DBS-device targeting the GPi bilaterally, and who have been treated with chronic GPi-DBS for a minimum of 3 years.

DBS-device, implanted in GPi bilaterally

Intervention Type DEVICE

Chronic/continuous bilateral GPi-DBS

Botulinum toxin treatment

CD patients who for a minimum of 3 years have received treatment with botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) injections at regular intervals (minimum 12 injection cycles) and still are receiving them (Age- and gender matched to the GPi-DBS group)

Botulinum toxin

Intervention Type DRUG

Repeated intramuscular injections at regular intervals of around 3 months

Interventions

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DBS-device, implanted in GPi bilaterally

Chronic/continuous bilateral GPi-DBS

Intervention Type DEVICE

Botulinum toxin

Repeated intramuscular injections at regular intervals of around 3 months

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* DBS-group: Patients with isolated cervical dystonia (focal or part of segmental dystonia) who have been operated at Oslo University between June 2004 and June 2017 and treated with bilateral GPi-DBS for a minimum of 3 years, and who give their informed consent to participate in this follow-up study.
* BoNT-group: Patients who are receiving regular BoNT-injections at Oslo University Hospital for isolated cervical dystonia (focal or part of segmental dystonia), who are gender-and age-matched to the operated patients, and who give their informed consent to participate in this follow-up study.

Exclusion Criteria

* Dementia/inability to respond to the CDIP-58.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

90 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Oslo University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Inger Marie Skogseid

Consultant neurologist, Project leader

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Inger Marie Skogseid, MDPhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Oslo University Hospital

Locations

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Oslo University Hospital

Oslo, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

Related Links

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https://www.ous-research.no/skogseid

Oslo University Hospital, homepage for Movement Disorders Research Group/Inger Marie Skogseid

Other Identifiers

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96307

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id