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Burst Spinal Cord Stimulation for Neuropathic Pain

NCT01486108 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2011-12-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Recently a novel stimulation design was developed, called burst stimulation. In a non-placebo controlled pilot study burst stimulation seemed superior to tonic stimulation over a period extending more than 2 years, and even though an incidental finding, this design seemed capable of suppressing pain without mandatory induction of paresthesias. This permits for the first time to scientifically prove that spinal cord stimulation is better than placebo stimulation. A study was therefore initiated to find out whether spinal cord stimulation is indeed capable of suppressing neuropathic limb pain in a placebo controlled way.

Conditions

  • Neuropathic Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

dorsal column stimulator

test different settings of stimulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Antwerp

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sven Vanneste, PhD · Universiteit Antwerpen

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-08-31
Completion
2011-09-30

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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