Spinal cord stimulation for long-term arm nerve pain
Part of Brain & nervous system, Injuries & trauma, Pain clinical trials.
This trial tests whether a high-frequency spinal cord stimulator can reduce long-term nerve pain in the arm after a brachial plexus injury. It may help people whose pain has lasted at least 3 months despite standard treatments.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Be older than 18 years
- Have arm neuropathic (nerve) pain that started after brachial plexus avulsion and has lasted at least 3 months
- Be planning to get a high-frequency spinal cord stimulator implant for this pain
- Your pain should test as nerve pain (a DN4 score of 4 or higher)
- You must have already tried non-surgery treatments for at least 3 months, such as physical or occupational therapy and at least one nerve-pain medicine
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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