Sensory Spinal Cord Stimulation

University of North Carolina (UNC)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Pain, Chronic Disease; Pain, Intractable; Pain Management

Treatments: Other: Spinal cord stimulation (SCS)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT07095036

24-0213

7DP2NS136872-02 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male and female patients 18-85 years old
• Undergoing SCS implantation for treatment of chronic pain
• Subjects with ability to walk 10m without assistance
• Provides written consent for the study

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects with high risk of falling
• Refusal to participate in study
• Subjects lacking consent capacity

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

Assessing sensations using spinal cord stimulation

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Spinal cord stimulation (SCS)