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Huntington's Disease and Pain
Sponsor: Leiden University Medical Center
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
Conditions
Interventions
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.
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).
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