Spinal Cord Stimulator Implant Study
CompletedNot applicableNCT00887419
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
This study is for patients who have been approved by their doctors and insurance companies to receive spinal cord stimulator implants. The goal of this study is to investigate if pain and disability is improved in patients with an implant in combination with coping skills training. These patients are compared with those with an implant that receive chronic education information and those with an implant that are in the control group and receive no additional training or information.
Study details
- Official title
- Pain Coping Skills Training for Spinal Cord Stimulator Implant Candidates
- Conditions
- Sponsor
- Duke University
- Start date
- 2008-11
- Primary completion
- 2013-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria * daily back pain for 6 months or more * approved by physician and psychologist for implant * ability to read and write English * at least 18 years old Exclusion Criteria: * pending litigation * not approved for implant
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00887419