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Study NCT ID:
NCT03537469
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2018-05-29
First Post:
2018-04-29
Is NOT Gene Therapy:
True
Has Adverse Events:
False
Brief Title:
Neuromodulation With Low Frequency-Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields
Sponsor:
Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia
Organization:
Study Overview
Official Title:
Modulation of Long-Term Potentiation-Like Cortical Plasticity in the Healthy Brain With Low Frequency-Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2018-05
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
Non-depolarizing magnetic fields, like Low Frequency-Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (LF-PEMFs) have shown the ability to modulate living structures, principally by influencing synaptic activity and ion channels on cellular membranes. Recently, the CTU Mega 20 device was presented as a molecular accelerator, using energy up to 200 Joules and providing high-power (2 Tesla) pulsating fields with a water-repulsive (diamagnetic) action and tissue biostimulation. The investigators tested the hypothesis that LF-PEMFs could modulate long-term corticospinal excitability in healthy brains by applying CTU Mega 20®. Ten healthy subjects without known neurological and/or psychiatric diseases entered the study. A randomized double-blind sham-controlled crossover design was employed, recording TMS parameters (amplitude variation of the motor evoked potential as index of cortical excitability perturbations of the motor system) before (pre) and after (post +0, +15, +30 min) a single CTU Mega 20 session on the corresponding primary right-hand motor area, using a real (magnetic field = 2 Tesla; intensity = 90 J; impulse frequency = 7Hz; duration = 15 minutes) or sham device. A two-way repeated measures ANOVA with TIME (pre, post +0, +15, +30 min) and TREATMENT (real vs sham stimulation) as within-subjects factor was applied.
Detailed Description:
None
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
True
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: