Postoperative Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Management of Post-amputation Pain
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Acute Pain
- Amputation
- Chronic Pain
- Neuroma
- Phantom Limb Pain
- Postoperative Pain
- Residual Limbs
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentMasking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
16 patients with new nontraumatic transfemoral or transtibial amputation will be enrolled in the study Having met inclusion criteria, the patients will be randomized to experimental or control groups Patients in the experimental group undergo placement of PNS leads within 7 days of amputation surger...
16 patients with new nontraumatic transfemoral or transtibial amputation will be enrolled in the study Having met inclusion criteria, the patients will be randomized to experimental or control groups Patients in the experimental group undergo placement of PNS leads within 7 days of amputation surgery Patients in both groups will be treated with standard pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic pain therapies and evaluated weekly for 8 weeks, then at 3, 6, and 12 months postamputation
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03484429
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Denise Lester, MD Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center
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