The Neuroimage Study of the Neuromuscular Disorders.

NCT ID: NCT05048862

Last Updated: 2023-10-31

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

500 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-08-01

Study Completion Date

2031-08-01

Brief Summary

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The neuromuscular disorders could be briefly divided to neuropathy, myopathy, motor neuron disease, and neuromuscular junction disorder. In the past, the evaluation of the neuromuscular disorders depended on several ways (ex. electrodiagnostic studies and biopsy) to evaluate the pathophysiology and the pathological change. However, due to the issue of resolution, few image studies were available to evaluate the structure for clinical practice. With the growing techniques, there are two ways to see the nerve and muscle in vivo, the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the ultrasonography. The availability of the machine, the high cost, inability to change the position for dynamic views of the nerves, and the relative invasion considering the large energy penetrating the patient might limit the clinical use of MRI. The nerve ultrasonography is a safe and easily available technique. The development of high-frequency transducers has led to an improvement in the resolution of ultrasonography and enables the exploration of peripheral nerve and muscle structural changes. In additional to evaluate the morphological changes, ultrasonography has been used extensively for the vessel status assessment through duplex ultrasound. In present study, we will apply variable approaches, including to muscle, nerve, and skin biopsy, electrophysiological study, quantitative sensory testing, autonomic functional tests, pain evoked potentials, MRI, and ultrasonography to integrally investigate the different aspects of neuromuscular disorders. The results of the study will provide integrated insights of (1) the neurophysiology of nerve and vessels and (2) pathogenesis of different neuromuscular disorders.

Detailed Description

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This is a prospective observational study which will be performed in both the inpatient and outpatient setting of National Taiwan University Hospital. Patients age at least 20 years, and have been diagnosed as neuromuscular disorders by the neurologist. Patients who are unable to read the questionnaire, fail to accept all the examinations, and refuse to provide inform consent are excluded from this study. The normal group (age at least 20 years) who had no neurological symptoms or signs were also recruited. The neurological examination performed by the board neurologist must be normal in the normal group.

Different interventions were performed periodically to see the serial change. The interval between the interventions is within 1 month and there is no new symptoms or any events.

Conditions

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Neuromuscular Diseases

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Neuromuscular disorder

Patients age at least 20 years, and have been diagnosed as neuromuscular disorders by the neurologist. Patients who are unable to read the questionnaire, fail to accept all the examinations, and refuse to provide inform consent are excluded from this study.

Neuromuscular ultrasound

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Ultrasound will be performed with the Affiniti 70 (Philips Medical Instruments, Bothell, WA). all patients following standardized methods of our hospital. All the patient would be checked the skin surface temperature before the ultrasound examination. The image would be exported from the echo machine as DICOM format.

Muscle MRI

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Muscle MRI will be performed on a 3-T MR machine (Trio; Siemens, Erlangen, Germany). Each subject will lie in a supine position comfortably, supplied with ear plugs. A high resolution T1 weighted scan and Short-T1 Inversion Recovery series (STIR) of the four limbs muscle were obtained in axial and coronal plane. MR spectroscopy in interested muscle was also sampled to evaluate the composition of fat, water, lactate, and other studied molecules.

Nerve conduction studies and autonomic function tests

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Nerve conduction study will be performed with a Nicolet Viking IV Electromyographer (Madison, WI) in all patients following standardized methods recommended by the Consensus Development Conference on Standardized Measures in Diabetic Neuropathy. Studied nerves include sural, peroneal, tibial, median and ulnar (motor and sensory) nerves.Autonomic functions will be assessed by the SSR and RRIV with established protocol by using Nicolet Viking IV Electromyographer (Madison, WI).

Quantitative sensory test

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Quantative sensory test will be performed with a Thermal Sensory Analyzer and Vibratory Sensory Analyzer (Medoc Advanced Medical System, Minneapolis, MN). The procedure is the same as previously described 25. Briefly, the machine delivers to the patient a stimulus of constant intensity which is pre-set by the algorithm. By adjusting the intensity of stimulus (increase or decrease the intensity by a fixed ratio) according to the response of the subject (i.e. whether the subject perceives the stimulus or not), sensory thresholds of the warm, cold and vibratory modalities will be measured.

Skin biopsy

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

A skin specimen of 3 mm in diameter will be taken with a biopsy punch from the lateral side of the distal leg under 2% lidocaine local anaesthesia 26. No suturing is required, and the wounds are covered with a piece of gauze. Wound healing takes 7\~10 days, similar to a typical abrasion wound. Informed consent will be obtained from each patient before the skin biopsy. The intraepidermal nerve fiber density and sweat gland nerve innervation will be examined.

Muscle and nerve biopsy

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Two muscle specimens with 5 x 5 x 5 mm were collected in an open muscle biopsy or needle biopsy at studied muscles under 2% lidocaine local anaesthesia. The wound was about 2-3 cm long, and suture was required. Would healing usually takes 10-14 days. First specimen was undergoing snap freezing fixation in a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the cork with the liquid nitrogen and isopentane. The second specimen was divided into two equiponderous tissues, and one was freezed in liquid nitrogen for DNA and protein analysis. The another one was treated with RNAlater solution in 4°C overnight for RNA analysis. Sural nerve biopsies or superficial peroneal nerve were obtained from a standard site posterior to the lateral malleolus under local anesthesia. The nerves were then fixed in 5% glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M phosphate buffer (PB) at 4 °C overnight. All samples were stored in the -80°C refrigerator for further analysis.

Genomics, transcriptome, and proteomics

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

The DNA, RNA, and protein of the tissues (blood, muscle, nerve and skin) were retrieved and stored in the -80°C refrigerator. The next generation sequencing (whole exon sequencing or whole genome sequencing) and RNA-seq would be performed by NGS \& Microarray Core lab in National Taiwan University or another professional team. The protein analysis would be performed by the Proteomics \& Protein Function Core Lab in National Taiwan University.

Laboratory of blood chemical substances, metals and endocrine profiles

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

The methods of the measurement will follow the standards set by Department of Laboratory Medicine of National Taiwan University Hospital.

Contact heat evoked potentials

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

A contact heat evoked potential stimulator (Medoc, Ramat Yishai, Israel) will be used for delivering heat stimulation. Stimuli will be delivered repeatedly to the same stimulation site and the inter-stimulus interval will be randomly set to around 18\~22 s. CHEP will be recorded using a Nicolet Bravo evoked potential system (Nicolet Biomedical, Madison, WI). The recording electrode was placed at the Cz and P3 of international 10-20 system. The impendence of all recording electrodes was kept below 3 kΩ. The evoked potentials were filtered with a bandpass filter at 0.1\~30 Hz. Recording was triggered by the onset of each stimulus, and the sweep time was 1500 ms.

Nerve excitability study

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Nerve excitability studies will be undertaken on the median, tibial, peroneal and sural nerves as per previously detailed protocols. Skin temperature will be monitored at the site of stimulation and was maintained at \>32°C. Stimulation and recording will be controlled by automated computerized system (QTRAC; Institute of Neurology, London, U.K.) and the stimulus current will be administered using an isolated linear bipolar constant-current stimulator (DS5; Digitimer, Welwyn Garden City, U.K.). Responses will be amplified (ICP511 AC amplifier, Grass Technologies, West Warwick, USA) with electronic noise removed (Hum Bug 50/60 Hz Noise Eliminator, Quest Scientific Instruments, North Vancouver, Canada).

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

In simple rTMS protocols, individual stimuli are spaced apart by identical interstimulus intervals (ISI). The stimulation protocol was in accordance with published safety recommendations. The patterned rTMS protocols included (1) Theta burst stimulation, (2) Repetitive paired-pulse TMS. All the above stimulation protocols or paradigms will follow the international guideline of the use of TMS in clinical practice and research (Rossi et al., 2009; Fitzgerald and Daskalakis, 2012; Groppa et al., 2012; Steeves et al., 2012).

fMRI acquisition and image analysis

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

fMRI will be performed on a 3-T MR machine (Trio; Siemens, Erlangen, Germany). Each subject's head will be positioned comfortably inside a receive-only 8-channel birdcage head coil, supplied with ear plugs, heavily padded and secured with a strap across the forehead in order to minimize head motion. All data will be processed using SPM2 (Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, London UK) 36 implemented on MATLAB (Mathworks Inc. Sherborn, MA).

Normal group

The normal group (age at least 20 years) who had no neurological symptoms or signs were also recruited. The neurological examination performed by the board neurologist must be normal in the normal group.

Neuromuscular ultrasound

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Ultrasound will be performed with the Affiniti 70 (Philips Medical Instruments, Bothell, WA). all patients following standardized methods of our hospital. All the patient would be checked the skin surface temperature before the ultrasound examination. The image would be exported from the echo machine as DICOM format.

Muscle MRI

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Muscle MRI will be performed on a 3-T MR machine (Trio; Siemens, Erlangen, Germany). Each subject will lie in a supine position comfortably, supplied with ear plugs. A high resolution T1 weighted scan and Short-T1 Inversion Recovery series (STIR) of the four limbs muscle were obtained in axial and coronal plane. MR spectroscopy in interested muscle was also sampled to evaluate the composition of fat, water, lactate, and other studied molecules.

Nerve conduction studies and autonomic function tests

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Nerve conduction study will be performed with a Nicolet Viking IV Electromyographer (Madison, WI) in all patients following standardized methods recommended by the Consensus Development Conference on Standardized Measures in Diabetic Neuropathy. Studied nerves include sural, peroneal, tibial, median and ulnar (motor and sensory) nerves.Autonomic functions will be assessed by the SSR and RRIV with established protocol by using Nicolet Viking IV Electromyographer (Madison, WI).

Quantitative sensory test

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Quantative sensory test will be performed with a Thermal Sensory Analyzer and Vibratory Sensory Analyzer (Medoc Advanced Medical System, Minneapolis, MN). The procedure is the same as previously described 25. Briefly, the machine delivers to the patient a stimulus of constant intensity which is pre-set by the algorithm. By adjusting the intensity of stimulus (increase or decrease the intensity by a fixed ratio) according to the response of the subject (i.e. whether the subject perceives the stimulus or not), sensory thresholds of the warm, cold and vibratory modalities will be measured.

Genomics, transcriptome, and proteomics

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

The DNA, RNA, and protein of the tissues (blood, muscle, nerve and skin) were retrieved and stored in the -80°C refrigerator. The next generation sequencing (whole exon sequencing or whole genome sequencing) and RNA-seq would be performed by NGS \& Microarray Core lab in National Taiwan University or another professional team. The protein analysis would be performed by the Proteomics \& Protein Function Core Lab in National Taiwan University.

Laboratory of blood chemical substances, metals and endocrine profiles

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

The methods of the measurement will follow the standards set by Department of Laboratory Medicine of National Taiwan University Hospital.

Contact heat evoked potentials

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

A contact heat evoked potential stimulator (Medoc, Ramat Yishai, Israel) will be used for delivering heat stimulation. Stimuli will be delivered repeatedly to the same stimulation site and the inter-stimulus interval will be randomly set to around 18\~22 s. CHEP will be recorded using a Nicolet Bravo evoked potential system (Nicolet Biomedical, Madison, WI). The recording electrode was placed at the Cz and P3 of international 10-20 system. The impendence of all recording electrodes was kept below 3 kΩ. The evoked potentials were filtered with a bandpass filter at 0.1\~30 Hz. Recording was triggered by the onset of each stimulus, and the sweep time was 1500 ms.

Nerve excitability study

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Nerve excitability studies will be undertaken on the median, tibial, peroneal and sural nerves as per previously detailed protocols. Skin temperature will be monitored at the site of stimulation and was maintained at \>32°C. Stimulation and recording will be controlled by automated computerized system (QTRAC; Institute of Neurology, London, U.K.) and the stimulus current will be administered using an isolated linear bipolar constant-current stimulator (DS5; Digitimer, Welwyn Garden City, U.K.). Responses will be amplified (ICP511 AC amplifier, Grass Technologies, West Warwick, USA) with electronic noise removed (Hum Bug 50/60 Hz Noise Eliminator, Quest Scientific Instruments, North Vancouver, Canada).

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

In simple rTMS protocols, individual stimuli are spaced apart by identical interstimulus intervals (ISI). The stimulation protocol was in accordance with published safety recommendations. The patterned rTMS protocols included (1) Theta burst stimulation, (2) Repetitive paired-pulse TMS. All the above stimulation protocols or paradigms will follow the international guideline of the use of TMS in clinical practice and research (Rossi et al., 2009; Fitzgerald and Daskalakis, 2012; Groppa et al., 2012; Steeves et al., 2012).

fMRI acquisition and image analysis

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

fMRI will be performed on a 3-T MR machine (Trio; Siemens, Erlangen, Germany). Each subject's head will be positioned comfortably inside a receive-only 8-channel birdcage head coil, supplied with ear plugs, heavily padded and secured with a strap across the forehead in order to minimize head motion. All data will be processed using SPM2 (Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, London UK) 36 implemented on MATLAB (Mathworks Inc. Sherborn, MA).

Interventions

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Neuromuscular ultrasound

Ultrasound will be performed with the Affiniti 70 (Philips Medical Instruments, Bothell, WA). all patients following standardized methods of our hospital. All the patient would be checked the skin surface temperature before the ultrasound examination. The image would be exported from the echo machine as DICOM format.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Muscle MRI

Muscle MRI will be performed on a 3-T MR machine (Trio; Siemens, Erlangen, Germany). Each subject will lie in a supine position comfortably, supplied with ear plugs. A high resolution T1 weighted scan and Short-T1 Inversion Recovery series (STIR) of the four limbs muscle were obtained in axial and coronal plane. MR spectroscopy in interested muscle was also sampled to evaluate the composition of fat, water, lactate, and other studied molecules.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Nerve conduction studies and autonomic function tests

Nerve conduction study will be performed with a Nicolet Viking IV Electromyographer (Madison, WI) in all patients following standardized methods recommended by the Consensus Development Conference on Standardized Measures in Diabetic Neuropathy. Studied nerves include sural, peroneal, tibial, median and ulnar (motor and sensory) nerves.Autonomic functions will be assessed by the SSR and RRIV with established protocol by using Nicolet Viking IV Electromyographer (Madison, WI).

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Quantitative sensory test

Quantative sensory test will be performed with a Thermal Sensory Analyzer and Vibratory Sensory Analyzer (Medoc Advanced Medical System, Minneapolis, MN). The procedure is the same as previously described 25. Briefly, the machine delivers to the patient a stimulus of constant intensity which is pre-set by the algorithm. By adjusting the intensity of stimulus (increase or decrease the intensity by a fixed ratio) according to the response of the subject (i.e. whether the subject perceives the stimulus or not), sensory thresholds of the warm, cold and vibratory modalities will be measured.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Skin biopsy

A skin specimen of 3 mm in diameter will be taken with a biopsy punch from the lateral side of the distal leg under 2% lidocaine local anaesthesia 26. No suturing is required, and the wounds are covered with a piece of gauze. Wound healing takes 7\~10 days, similar to a typical abrasion wound. Informed consent will be obtained from each patient before the skin biopsy. The intraepidermal nerve fiber density and sweat gland nerve innervation will be examined.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Muscle and nerve biopsy

Two muscle specimens with 5 x 5 x 5 mm were collected in an open muscle biopsy or needle biopsy at studied muscles under 2% lidocaine local anaesthesia. The wound was about 2-3 cm long, and suture was required. Would healing usually takes 10-14 days. First specimen was undergoing snap freezing fixation in a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the cork with the liquid nitrogen and isopentane. The second specimen was divided into two equiponderous tissues, and one was freezed in liquid nitrogen for DNA and protein analysis. The another one was treated with RNAlater solution in 4°C overnight for RNA analysis. Sural nerve biopsies or superficial peroneal nerve were obtained from a standard site posterior to the lateral malleolus under local anesthesia. The nerves were then fixed in 5% glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M phosphate buffer (PB) at 4 °C overnight. All samples were stored in the -80°C refrigerator for further analysis.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Genomics, transcriptome, and proteomics

The DNA, RNA, and protein of the tissues (blood, muscle, nerve and skin) were retrieved and stored in the -80°C refrigerator. The next generation sequencing (whole exon sequencing or whole genome sequencing) and RNA-seq would be performed by NGS \& Microarray Core lab in National Taiwan University or another professional team. The protein analysis would be performed by the Proteomics \& Protein Function Core Lab in National Taiwan University.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Laboratory of blood chemical substances, metals and endocrine profiles

The methods of the measurement will follow the standards set by Department of Laboratory Medicine of National Taiwan University Hospital.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Contact heat evoked potentials

A contact heat evoked potential stimulator (Medoc, Ramat Yishai, Israel) will be used for delivering heat stimulation. Stimuli will be delivered repeatedly to the same stimulation site and the inter-stimulus interval will be randomly set to around 18\~22 s. CHEP will be recorded using a Nicolet Bravo evoked potential system (Nicolet Biomedical, Madison, WI). The recording electrode was placed at the Cz and P3 of international 10-20 system. The impendence of all recording electrodes was kept below 3 kΩ. The evoked potentials were filtered with a bandpass filter at 0.1\~30 Hz. Recording was triggered by the onset of each stimulus, and the sweep time was 1500 ms.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Nerve excitability study

Nerve excitability studies will be undertaken on the median, tibial, peroneal and sural nerves as per previously detailed protocols. Skin temperature will be monitored at the site of stimulation and was maintained at \>32°C. Stimulation and recording will be controlled by automated computerized system (QTRAC; Institute of Neurology, London, U.K.) and the stimulus current will be administered using an isolated linear bipolar constant-current stimulator (DS5; Digitimer, Welwyn Garden City, U.K.). Responses will be amplified (ICP511 AC amplifier, Grass Technologies, West Warwick, USA) with electronic noise removed (Hum Bug 50/60 Hz Noise Eliminator, Quest Scientific Instruments, North Vancouver, Canada).

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

In simple rTMS protocols, individual stimuli are spaced apart by identical interstimulus intervals (ISI). The stimulation protocol was in accordance with published safety recommendations. The patterned rTMS protocols included (1) Theta burst stimulation, (2) Repetitive paired-pulse TMS. All the above stimulation protocols or paradigms will follow the international guideline of the use of TMS in clinical practice and research (Rossi et al., 2009; Fitzgerald and Daskalakis, 2012; Groppa et al., 2012; Steeves et al., 2012).

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

fMRI acquisition and image analysis

fMRI will be performed on a 3-T MR machine (Trio; Siemens, Erlangen, Germany). Each subject's head will be positioned comfortably inside a receive-only 8-channel birdcage head coil, supplied with ear plugs, heavily padded and secured with a strap across the forehead in order to minimize head motion. All data will be processed using SPM2 (Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, London UK) 36 implemented on MATLAB (Mathworks Inc. Sherborn, MA).

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Other Intervention Names

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Sonography

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* been diagnosed as neuromuscular disorders by the neurologist
* at least 20-year-old


* no past history of neurological disorders.
* The neurological examination performed by the board neurologist must be normal
* at least 20-year-old

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients who are unable to read the questionnaire, fail to accept all the examinations, and refuse to provide inform consent
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Taiwan University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Hsueh-Wen Hsueh, MD, MMS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Taiwan University Hospital

Locations

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National Taiwan Univeristy Hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Taiwan

Central Contacts

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Hsueh-Wen Hsueh, MD, MMS

Role: CONTACT

+886-223123456 ext. 63281

Facility Contacts

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Hsueh-Wen Hsueh, MD, MMS

Role: primary

+886-223123456 ext. 63281

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