Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of Non Invasive Brain Stimulation on Experimentally Induced Dyspnea (Breathlessness)
Lead Sponsor:
Centre d'Investigation Clinique et Technologique 805
Collaborating Sponsors:
Adep Assistance
Conditions:
Dyspnea
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Dyspnea is a frequent, mostly unpleasant and long-lasting, but also often undertreated symptom. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a new non invasive method to modify brain activation has...
Detailed Description
Dyspnea will be induced by breathing through a combination of an external resistive load and a long tube (inducing CO2 rebreathing) (resulting in a sensation of both increased respiratory effort and a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Registered at the National List of persons taking part in clinical research
- Signed consent form
- Subjects of both genders aged of at least 18 years
- Perfect understanding of the instructions and of sensory scaling
- Prior medical examination
Exclusion
- Any current or past disease, in particular respiratory, neurological and psychiatric disorders
- Regular use of drugs, especially those having an impact on respiratory, neurological systems (most specifically those with an effect on the central nervous system)
- Unwilling to participate
- Vulnerable people as defined in the provisions relating to biomedical researches and described in the Code of Public Health.
- Unable to cooperate
- Pregnancy or lactation
- No affiliation to a social security system.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01892553
Start Date
July 1 2013
End Date
April 1 2014
Last Update
May 6 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Hopital Raymond Poincare
Garches, Garches, France, 92380