Sensory Spinal Cord Stimulation

Part of paid clinical trials in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Sponsor
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Study ID
NCT07095036
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

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

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 85 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) — OTHER
    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.

Study Details

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.

Key Dates

Start date
Jan 6, 2026
Status verified
Dec 2025
Primary completion
Sep 1, 2028
Completion
Sep 1, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
10 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE

Arms

  • Experimental: Assessing sensations using spinal cord stimulation

Primary Outcome Measure

Threshold amplitude for sensory perception evoked by spinal stimulation [ Time Frame: From lead implantation to lead explantation at one week ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Ambulatory Care CenterChapel HillNorth Carolina27514
Jacob Slack
[email protected]
269-362-4203

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