Status:

RECRUITING

Efficacy of Dorso-lateral Prefrontal Cortex Stimulation by tDCS in Motor Conversion Disorder Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

Conditions:

Conversion Disorder

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Conversion disorder refers to impaired voluntary motor or sensory functions that are not compatible with a well-known neurological condition. This disorder affects up to 30% of hospitalized patients i...

Detailed Description

Conversion disorder, also called "functional neurological disorder" (DSM-5), refers to impaired voluntary motor or sensory functions that are not compatible with a well-known neurological condition. T...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • The patient must have given his/her informed and signed consent.
  • The patient is at least (≥) 18 years old and 65 years old at the most (≤). The risk of an increased frequency of somatic comorbidity, drug co-prescription, and cognitive impairment prompts us to limit recruitment to age 65 in this study.
  • The patient is hospitalized or followed in consultation.
  • Patient is available for a follow-up of 6 months.
  • With current DSM-5 criteria for conversion disorder during more than 10 days, motor type (i.e. with paralysis or motor weakness) and initial EDSS score ≥ 3 or initial WHO Score is ≥ 2

Exclusion

  • The patient is participating in another interventional trial.
  • The patient refuses to sign the consent.
  • It is impossible to correctly inform the patient.
  • The patient is pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • Specialized neurological clinical examination and the performing of brain and medullary MRI reveal an organic neurological involvement.
  • Current episode of mania, hypomania, diagnosis of substance abuse/dependence (excluding smoking), diagnosis of schizophrenia over lifetime, severe neurological pathology (epilepsy, stroke, brain tumor).
  • Patient with a contraindication to MRI (for patients enrolled in Nîmes).
  • Acute eczema at the electrodes loci.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 5 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 1 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

96 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04097184

Start Date

March 5 2021

End Date

September 1 2025

Last Update

February 13 2025

Active Locations (8)

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1

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire

Nîmes, Gard, France, 30029

2

Hôpital La Colombière Service de Psychiatrie

Montpellier, Hérault, France, 34090

3

CHU de Montpellier Hôpital Gui De Chauliac Service de Neurologie

Montpellier, Hérault, France, 34295

4

Hôpital Lapeyronie

Montpellier, Hérault, France, 34295