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NCT06693466

Huntington's Disease and Pain

Sponsor: Leiden University Medical Center

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Summary

The primary objective of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility of three internationally agreed pain test batteries in patients with Huntington Disease. The pain test batteries are developed to collect data about the facial expression of pain, body movements and vocalization of (non-) painful stimuli, and to collect data for testing the pain inhibition and facilitation. The study population will include 20 patients with genetically confirmed, adult-onset HD, in stage 1 (n=10) and stages 2 - 3 of HD (n = 10).

Official title: Pain Processing and Pain Assessment in Huntington's Disease a Pilot Study

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

21 Years - Any

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

20

Start Date

2025-01

Completion Date

2026-07

Last Updated

2024-11-18

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

OTHER

Facial expression block

Data will be collected to assess the facial expression, body movements and vocalization of (non-) painful heat stimuli. The experiment includes individually tailored and randomly administered painful (perceived as moderate pain) and non-painful heat stimuli.

OTHER

Conditioned pain modulation block

The conditioned pain modulation will be tested according to internationally agreed standards and includes a painful phasic heat (test stimulus) and a painful tonic cold stimulus (conditioning stimulus).

OTHER

Pain facilitation block

Pain facilitation will be assessed by using painful mechanical pinprick stimuli. The magnitude of pain experienced after a single mechanical pinprick stimulus is compared to that of a train of 10 pinprick stimuli of the same force.

Locations (1)

Leiden University Medical Center

Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands