PREFerred Neurostimulation MODdalities - PREFMOD Study
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Chronic Low Back Pain
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Crossover AssignmentMasking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Patients will be preselected for inclusion in this study at the pain management center of Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC) Lugano, and will be informed about study-details by a study clinician. After informed consent signature, the participants with chronic intra...
Patients will be preselected for inclusion in this study at the pain management center of Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC) Lugano, and will be informed about study-details by a study clinician. After informed consent signature, the participants with chronic intractable back or back and leg pain will be implanted with the stimulation lead(s). The leads are initially connected to an external trial neurostimulator. Patients will be implanted with two epidural leads and two subcutaneous leads. A three weeks trial phase will follow. The first two days after the leads implant will be without stimulation and thereafter alternating stimulation every week will start, randomly ordering the treatments using a Williams design balanced for first-order carryover effects (i.e. incorporating 6 different treatment orders), from: 1) CON-SCS with Subcutaneous stimulation 2) HF-SCS 3) Combination Therapy A patient's favored SCS mode, providing that there is at least 50% reduction in pain intensity on the NRS in the trial phase, will then be implanted and patients will be followed up for 12 months. Pain intensity and pain medication will be assessed with a pain diary at baseline and during the trial phase and will be furthermore measured after 3, 6, and 12 months after the implantation. Physical functioning, Pain Extent, Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC), and Satisfaction with stimulation treatment (SST) will be assessed during the trial phase and will be furthermore measured after 3, 6, and 12 months after the Implantable Nerve Stimulator (INS) implantation. The other secondary outcomes will be measured at baseline, and after 3, 6 and 12 months.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04582721
- Collaborators
- Paolo Maino MD PhD, Sponsor Investigator
- Investigators
- Not Provided