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| Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo | OTHER_GOV |
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Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the unaffected hemisphere (UH) transiently improves motor function in patients in the chronic phase after stroke. The goal of this study is to investigate effects on motor recovery of low-frequency rTMS of the UH, administered in the subacute phase after stroke.
Stroke is a major cause of disability and worldwide. Hand motor impairment is frequent after stroke. Even mild impairments of the upper limb negatively impact disability and quality of life in these patients significantly contributes to disability. Therapeutic alternatives for hand motor rehabilitation are deeply needed.
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has emerged as a potential tool to improve hand motor performance after stroke. While high-frequency rTMS (HF-rTMS) often increases motor cortical excitability, LF-rTMS often has the opposite effect. Up-regulation of excitability in the affected hemisphere by HF-rTMS or down-regulation of the UH by LF-rTMS can restore the balance in inter-hemispheric inhibition and hence, facilitate movement of the paretic hand Both strategies, as well as the combination of both, have yielded encouraging results when applied in proof-of-principle, single-session studies to patients with mild hand motor impairment in the subacute and chronic stages after stroke. However, few rTMS studies included patients less than six months after stroke, and effects of LF-rTMS of the unaffected hemisphere in patients with severe motor impairment in the subacute phase have not been yet reported.
The investigators opted for a novel approach to enhance hand motor recovery, by examining feasibility, safety and preliminary efficacy of either active or sham LF-rTMS of the UH or sham rTMS as add-on therapies to outpatient customary rehabilitation, to patients with mild to severe hand paresis, within 5-45 days after unilateral ischemic stroke. The investigators hypothesize that, at this stage, LF-rTMS will be feasible even in patients with severe motor deficits, will have minimal adverse events and will enhance effects of customary rehabilitation on hand motor performance.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Active rTMS | Active Comparator | 1Hz active rTMS delivered to the unaffected hemisphere |
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| Placebo rTMS | Placebo Comparator | 1Hz placebo rTMS delivered to the vertex |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation | Other | Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, frequency of 1Hz, once a day for ten days. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Motor function of the paretic hand evaluated with the Jebsen-Taylor test | Baseline, two weeks, 1 month, 3 and six months after end of treatment | |
| Number of Participants with Adverse Events as a Measure of Safety and Tolerability | Baseline, two weeks, 1 month, 3 and six months after end of treatment | |
| Number of patients able to comply with the protocol | Baseline, two weeks, 1 month, 3 and six months after end of treatment |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Force of the paretic hand | Baseline, two weeks, 1 month, 3 and six months after end of treatment | |
| Fugl-Meyer evaluation of motor performance (upper limb) | Baseline, two weeks, 1 month, 3 and six months after end of treatment |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Adriana Conforto, MD, PhD | HC/FMUSP/Fundação Faculdade de Medicina | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Laboratório de Neuroestimulação, HC/FMUSP | São Paulo | São Paulo | 05403000 | Brazil |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 24643406 | Derived | Anjos SM, Cohen LG, Sterr A, de Andrade KN, Conforto AB. Translational neurorehabilitation research in the third world: what barriers to trial participation can teach us. Stroke. 2014 May;45(5):1495-7. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003572. Epub 2014 Mar 18. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D020521 | Stroke |
| ID | Term |
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| D002561 | Cerebrovascular Disorders |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D050781 | Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation |
| ID | Term |
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| D055909 | Magnetic Field Therapy |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
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| Disability evaluated with the modified Rankin scale | Baseline, two weeks, 1 month, 3 and six months after end of treatment |
| Functional Independence Measure | Baseline, two weeks, 1 month, 3 and six months after end of treatment |
| Neurological impairment evaluated with the NIH Stroke Scale | Baseline, two weeks, 1 month, 3 and six months after end of treatment |
| Measures of corticomotor excitability evaluated with transcranial magnetic stimulation | Baseline, two weeks, 1 month, 3 and six months after end of treatment |
| D014652 | Vascular Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |