Experimental Pain in Parkinsons
Study comparing pain intensity and discomfort in patients with Parkinson´s disease and healthy controls during inducement of mechanical, thermal, and chemical experimental pain
Study identifier: NCT05981261. Status: RECRUITING. Phase: NA.
Eligibility
Criteria: 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)
Participating locations
- aarhus university Hospital, Aarhus
Study records are sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. Confirm current eligibility, recruiting status, and locations in the official record.