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Electrical Control of Bladder in Spinal Cord Injury Patients

NCT00011570 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2008-04-28

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Summary

The investigators will continue their work with implanted stimulators to improve bladder and bowel function. Electrical stimulation produces simultaneous contraction of sphincters with the target organs, making emptying difficult. By optimizing electrode placement, employing a new electrode design and waveform choice, it is hoped to improve the 50% of subjects able to defecate with existing approaches. This is part of a multi-center study with multiple support sources, including Rehab R\&D, PVA and a commercial stimulator company.

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injury

Interventions

DEVICE

Bladder & Bowel Control

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Donald Bodner, MD · VA Medical Center-Cleveland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1998-04-30
Primary Completion
2005-10-31
Completion
2007-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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