NCT01620411

War Wounded, a Comparison of Two Pain Management Approaches

Management of Chronic Pain in Military Patients With Injuries Sustained During Active Duty. Comparison of Spinal Cord Stimulation and Comprehensive Medical Management.

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, San Diego · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to investigate the relative effectiveness of two different pain management plans for injuries sustained while active duty in the military. One arm of the study has subjects undergo standard comprehensive medical management, while the other adds the placement of a spinal cord stimulator, a common procedure for the alleviation of pain.

Detailed description

This study aims to investigate the relative effectiveness of two different pain management plans for injuries sustained while active duty in the military. One arm of the study has subjects undergo standard comprehensive medical management, while the other adds the placement of a spinal cord stimulator, a common procedure for the alleviation of pain. This site was never activated for the research by the sponsor.

Conditions

• Injuries
• Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Comprehensive Medical Management	Standard of care for failed back surgery syndrome sustained while on active duty, primarily focused on physical therapy, medication including: opioid analgesics, muscle relaxants, non-opioid analgesics, etc.
PROCEDURE	Spinal Cord Stimulator	This arm combines comprehensive medical management (as above) with the trial and possible eventual permenant placement of a spinal cord stimulator, a common pain management procedure.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-06-01
• Primary completion: 2016-06-01
• Completion: 2017-06-01
• First posted: 2012-06-15
• Last updated: 2019-08-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States