NCT01486108

Burst Spinal Cord Stimulation for Neuropathic Pain

Burst, Tonic and Sham Spinal Cord Stimulation. A Verification of the Best Treatment Protocol

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Antwerp · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Recently a novel stimulation design was developed, called burst stimulation. In a non-placebo controlled pilot study burst stimulation seemed superior to tonic stimulation over a period extending more than 2 years, and even though an incidental finding, this design seemed capable of suppressing pain without mandatory induction of paresthesias. This permits for the first time to scientifically prove that spinal cord stimulation is better than placebo stimulation. A study was therefore initiated to find out whether spinal cord stimulation is indeed capable of suppressing neuropathic limb pain in a placebo controlled way.

Detailed description

Patients receive three type of stimulation (burst, tonic and sham). We want to compare these different stimulation protocol to verify which one is the one the patient prefer the most and have the least side-effects (paresthesia)

Conditions

• Neuropathic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	dorsal column stimulator	test different settings of stimulation

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-01-01
• Primary completion: 2011-08-01
• Completion: 2011-09-01
• First posted: 2011-12-06
• Last updated: 2011-12-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium