Electrical Vestibular Nerve Stimulation (VeNS) in the Management of Parkinson's Disease

NCT ID: NCT04450550

Last Updated: 2023-04-27

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-07-26

Study Completion Date

2022-11-01

Brief Summary

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Parkinson's disease burdens an increasing number of elderly populations in the country.

Parkinson disease is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative disorder, affects approximately

1% of the population by the age of 65 years and 4% to 5% of the population by the age of 85 years. Mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease leads to Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) for which currently there is no drug therapy. The existing treatments for PD were associated with side effects and does not offer complete cure. Hence there is a need of alternative therapy which can prevent or delay the onset of PD with less or no side effects. Vestibular stimulation is known to modulate cognitive processing, enhance learning and spatial memory.

Vestibular dysfunction is present in PD patients. So long term vestibular stimulation may be effective in enhancing cognition by reducing the cognitive, neurodegenerative, neuroinflammatory changes and behavioral deficits observed as predictors of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's disease Dementia. In this project, the plan is to administer electric vestibular nerve stimulation to PD patients which might be effective and ideal treatment with minimum or no side effects in the management of Parkinson's disease.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Parkinson Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Active

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

VeNS device

Intervention Type DEVICE

VeNS treatment

Sham

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham VeNS device

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sham treatment of VeNS

Interventions

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VeNS device

VeNS treatment

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sham VeNS device

Sham treatment of VeNS

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Fulfilled the Hoehn \& Yahr Classification of Disability 79,80 stage 1-2
* Ambulate with or without an assistive device for at least 50 feet
* Were able to get up and down from the floor with minimal assistance or less and
* Score of 24 or above on the Folstein Mini-Mental State Exam

Exclusion Criteria

* Decline in immune function such as pneumonia or systemic infection
* Progressive degenerative disease besides PD
* Spinal fusion or other orthopedic surgery in the past six months
* Mental disease/psychosis such as dementia
* Greater than minimal assistance required for gait and transfers
* Inability to make regular time commitments to the scheduled intervention sessions
* Experience with regular practice of any form of vestibular stimulation within the past year
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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R D Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Neurovalens Ltd.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Sai Sailesh Kumar Goothy

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

RD Gardi Medical College, Ujjain

Locations

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RD Gardi Medical College

Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India

Site Status

Countries

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India

References

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Kumar Goothy SS, Gawarikar S, Choudhary A, Govind PG, Purohit M, Pathak A, Chouhan RS, Ali Z, Tiwari M, Khanderao MV. Effectiveness of electrical vestibular nerve stimulation on the range of motion in patients with Parkinson's disease. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol. 2022 Oct 10;34(6):791-795. doi: 10.1515/jbcpp-2022-0138. eCollection 2023 Nov 1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36209355 (View on PubMed)

Kumar Goothy SS, Gawarikar S, Choudhary A, Gajanan Govind P, Purohit M, Pathak A, Chouhan RS, Vijay Khanderao M. Effectiveness of electrical vestibular nerve stimulation as adjunctive therapy to improve the cognitive functions in patients with Parkinson's disease. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol. 2022 Sep 16;34(1):77-82. doi: 10.1515/jbcpp-2022-0066. eCollection 2023 Jan 1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36103719 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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IVSPD001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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