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Changing brain stimulation settings for pain

This study investigates short-term pain changes after adjusting deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's.

Testing a treatment or activity · Study reference: ChiCTR2100044692

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Start (reported date)
2021-03-31

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  • 2026-10-11 — recruiting

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Sex eligibility reported by registry: both

Inclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosis is consistent with primary Parkinson's disease. The first part of MDS-UPDRS 1.9 shows that the patient has pain before the operation. 2. Pain still exists for more than 3-6 months after DBS operation. 3. Pain lasts for more than 3 months, and the pain is present every day. 4. Sign informed consent. Exclusion criteria: 1. There are mental, psychological, and cognitive impairments and cannot cooperate with follow-up; 2. Exclude patients with serious motor symptoms after DBS or with obvious programing side effects that the patient cannot tolerate; 3. Exclude other diseases that cause headaches (such as intracranial space, cerebrovascular disease, migraine, etc.); 4. Exclude other painful diseases caused by the whole body (such as uremia, lumbar disc herniation, immune arthritis or other diagnosed pain diseases, etc.); 5. Exclude pain before diagnosis of Parkinson's disease; 6. Exclude the related pain caused by the operation (such as the pain caused by the wound at the lead or stimulator); 7. Except those who take pain medications and other pain treatments on a regular basis.
Full study name & original research details

Official study title

The Difference Clinical Efficacy of High Frequency and Low Frequency Deep Brain Stimulation in the Treatment of Sleep Disorders of Parkinson's disease

Short title used by the registry

The short-term effect of STN-DBS programing on PD-related pain

Original description

Intervention: Pain_improved Group:DBS Programing;No_improved Group:DBS Programing; Primary outcome: NRS;VAS; Secondary outcome: KPPS;NMSS;

Conditions reported: Parkinson disease

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Study type
Interventional
Interventions
Pain_improved Group:DBS Programing;No_improved Group:DBS Programing;
Phases
0
Sponsor
Beijing Tiantan Hospital
Start date reported by registry
2021-03-31 (reported)

Registry updated: Not reported · Status last verified by the registry submitter: Not reported

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Zhang Jianguo · +86 13601294613 · zjguo73@126.com

Study locations

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Facility not reported

China

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