nVNS sham significantly affects the trigeminal-autonomic reflex
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nVNS sham significantly affects the trigeminal-autonomic reflex : A randomized controlled study. / Schroeder, Celina F; Möller, Maike; May, Arne.
in: NEUROLOGY, Jahrgang 93, Nr. 5, 30.07.2019, S. e518-e521.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - nVNS sham significantly affects the trigeminal-autonomic reflex
T2 - A randomized controlled study
AU - Schroeder, Celina F
AU - Möller, Maike
AU - May, Arne
N1 - © 2019 American Academy of Neurology.
PY - 2019/7/30
Y1 - 2019/7/30
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To determine whether high placebo effects observed in recently published clinical noninvasive vagal nerve stimulation (nVNS) trials can be attributed to an active modulation of the trigeminal-autonomic reflex by the sham device.METHODS: Twenty-eight healthy participants were investigated in a randomized, controlled, single-blind, within-participant design. The 4 different conditions of no stimulation, regular nVNS of the left cervical vagal nerve, stimulation of the posterior neck with the same device (sham I), and stimulation of the left cervical vagal nerve with a sham device (sham II) were applied in randomized order. Parasympathetic output (lacrimation) was provoked with kinetic oscillation stimulation (KOS) of the nasal mucosa. Lacrimation was quantified with the Schirmer II test, an objective measure of lacrimal secretion after local anesthesia, and the difference between baseline and KOS-induced lacrimation served as a measure of autonomic output.RESULTS: nVNS treatment resulted in a significant reduction of ipsilateral KOS-induced lacrimation compared to no stimulation (p = 0.003) and sham I (p = 0.02). A similar effect was observed for sham II (p = 0.003, p = 0.001). There was no significant difference between nVNS and sham II.CONCLUSION: These results suggest that both the regular nVNS and the sham device used in some of the clinical nVNS trials modulate the trigeminal-autonomic reflex. This could explain the high sham effect in these trials and suggests that stimulation of the posterior neck may be considered as a real sham condition.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To determine whether high placebo effects observed in recently published clinical noninvasive vagal nerve stimulation (nVNS) trials can be attributed to an active modulation of the trigeminal-autonomic reflex by the sham device.METHODS: Twenty-eight healthy participants were investigated in a randomized, controlled, single-blind, within-participant design. The 4 different conditions of no stimulation, regular nVNS of the left cervical vagal nerve, stimulation of the posterior neck with the same device (sham I), and stimulation of the left cervical vagal nerve with a sham device (sham II) were applied in randomized order. Parasympathetic output (lacrimation) was provoked with kinetic oscillation stimulation (KOS) of the nasal mucosa. Lacrimation was quantified with the Schirmer II test, an objective measure of lacrimal secretion after local anesthesia, and the difference between baseline and KOS-induced lacrimation served as a measure of autonomic output.RESULTS: nVNS treatment resulted in a significant reduction of ipsilateral KOS-induced lacrimation compared to no stimulation (p = 0.003) and sham I (p = 0.02). A similar effect was observed for sham II (p = 0.003, p = 0.001). There was no significant difference between nVNS and sham II.CONCLUSION: These results suggest that both the regular nVNS and the sham device used in some of the clinical nVNS trials modulate the trigeminal-autonomic reflex. This could explain the high sham effect in these trials and suggests that stimulation of the posterior neck may be considered as a real sham condition.
KW - Adult
KW - Autonomic Nervous System/physiology
KW - Female
KW - Healthy Volunteers
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Parasympathetic Nervous System/physiology
KW - Placebos
KW - Reflex/physiology
KW - Single-Blind Method
KW - Tears/physiology
KW - Trigeminal Nerve/physiology
KW - Vagus Nerve Stimulation/methods
KW - Young Adult
U2 - 10.1212/WNL.0000000000007857
DO - 10.1212/WNL.0000000000007857
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 31243069
VL - 93
SP - e518-e521
JO - NEUROLOGY
JF - NEUROLOGY
SN - 0028-3878
IS - 5
ER -