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The Efficacy of Motor Cortex Stimulation for Pain Control

NCT00462566 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2016-10-18

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Summary

The objective is to determine if motor cortex stimulation works for the following conditions:

1. Deafferentation facial pain,
2. Upper extremity complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and
3. Brachial plexus avulsion or phantom limb pain.

Each of these groups of 6 patients (total of 18) will be studied independently and all patients will be implanted with a motor cortex stimulation system. They will be randomised to either a regular or low stimulation setting in the two arms of the study. Each arm will last 3 months.

Conditions

  • Neuropathic Pain
  • Phantom Limb Pain
  • Stump Pain
  • Brachial Plexus Avulsion
  • Deafferentation Pain
  • Facial Pain
  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Interventions

DEVICE

motor cortex stimulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dalhousie University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Nova Scotia Health Authority

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert M Brownstone, MD, PhD · Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-10-31
Primary Completion
2010-07-31
Completion
2010-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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