A Prospective Trial for the Effectiveness of the Use of Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) in Failed Knee Surgery
WithdrawnNot applicableNCT01912924
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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)
A study for patients who have chronic postoperative pain who had knee replacement surgery. If qualified, a 14 day trial and an implantation of spinal cord stimulator for control of pain will be administered. This study will evaluate effectiveness of pain control. Subjects will be followed for one year post implantation.
Study details
- Official title
- A Prospective Single Centre Open Label Trial to Assess the Effectiveness of the Use of Spinal Cord Stimulation in Subjects With Chronic Knee Pain "Failed Knee Surgery"
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: Spinal cord stimulator (Boston Scientific)
- Sponsor
- Coastal Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
- Collaborators
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- Start date
- 2011-08
- Primary completion
- 2013-05
- 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: * over 18 years old * total knee replacement at least nine months prior to enrollment * unilateral knee pain at least 4 or more on a 1-10 visual analog scale * failed other conservative treatments - Exclusion Criteria: * life expectancy of at least 6 months * significant disease including Complex Regional Pain Syndrome,ipsilateral radiculopathy * presence of pacemaker/vns or other Spinal Cord Stimulator * previous lumbar surgery * active infection * unable to hold anticoagulants
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01912924