Paresthesia Free Spinal Cord Stimulation (PF-SCS)
TerminatedNot applicableNCT03670147
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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)
The goal is to document efficacy of PF-SCS therapy in a blinded fashion and better understand how SCS therapy works in the clinical setting. Overall the investigators hope to improve patient care and selection of candidates who have the best potential for effective pain relief from an expensive and invasive therapy.
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Paresthesia Free Spinal Cord Stimulation on Pain Intensity, Functional Improvement, Pain Thresholds and Sensory Perceptions in Chronic Pain Patients
- Conditions
- SCS
- Chronic Pain
- Interventions
- Device: PF-SCS programming
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Start date
- 2018-12-01
- Primary completion
- 2022-09-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 80 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: * Subject will be 18-80 years old * Subject who is currently treated with PF-SCS (HF-10 or Burst-mode capable SCS system) for chronic pain Exclusion Criteria: * Subject has neurological disease or a condition causing chronic persistent sensory deficit to the painful area * Those receiving remuneration for their pain treatment (pending litigation or ongoing litigation). * Those unable to read English and complete the assessment instruments.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03670147