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Sensory Spinal Cord Stimulation

NCT07095036 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2026-02-04

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Summary

The purpose of this research study is to identify sensations that can be evoked with spinal cord stimulation (SCS) and to understand how these sensations change when stimulation parameters are modified.

Conditions

  • Pain Management
  • Pain, Intractable
  • Pain, Chronic Disease

Interventions

OTHER

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS)

After implantation of SCS trial leads - which is standard of care for evaluating whether SCS improves chronic pain - patients will visit clinic before the trial leads are explanted. During these visits, stimulation will be turned off and the leads will be disconnected from the clinical external pulse generator and reconnected to an external research stimulator. Patients will be seated in a chair and will interface with a touch-screen display where they will participate in a psychophysical task (a two-alternative forced-choice task). More specifically, the task will involve selecting between two options on a screen while spinal stimulation is delivered through the leads. As the patients perform the tasks, audio or video recordings will be made for future research analysis, education, or scientific communication. The research stimulator will also collect epidural signals through the stimulation leads.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amol Yadav, PhD · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-01-06
Primary Completion
2028-09-01
Completion
2028-09-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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