Experimental Pain in Parkinsons
Recruiting · NCT05981261 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: University of Aarhus
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →Interventions studied
inducement of experimental pain
What this trial is about
Study comparing pain intensity and discomfort in patients with Parkinson´s disease and healthy controls during inducement of mechanical, thermal, and chemical experimental pain
Who can take part
Age range
No age limits stated
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
Yes - healthy volunteers may be accepted
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- Group healthy volunteers: healthy subjects with no PD diagnosis
- Group PD patients levodopa: Include PD patients treated with levodopa
- Group PD patients DBS: Include PD patients with DBS
Exclusion criteria
- Known other neurological or medical disorders (e.g., stroke, neuropathy, diabetes) or other disorders with expected influence on experimental pain
- Known dementia (a score \<24 on the MoCA)
- Known untreated depression (a score ≥15 on the Beck Depression Inventory)
- Unable to cooperate
- Treated with painkillers except paracetamol and NSAID (except if pain and treatment is ad-equately stable as evaluated by a doctor)
Where it is running
1 location listed.
- aarhus university Hospital - Aarhus, Denmark