Clinical Trial - The Efficacy of Motor Cortex Stimulation for Pain Control
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:04 pm
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00462566?order=3
Purpose
The objective is to determine if motor cortex stimulation works for the following conditions:
-Deafferentation facial pain,
-Upper extremity complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and
-Brachial plexus avulsion or phantom limb pain.
Each of these groups of 6 patients (total of 18) will be studied independently and all patients will be implanted with a motor cortex stimulation system. They will be randomised to either a regular or low stimulation setting in the two arms of the study. Each arm will last 3 months.
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Purpose
The objective is to determine if motor cortex stimulation works for the following conditions:
-Deafferentation facial pain,
-Upper extremity complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and
-Brachial plexus avulsion or phantom limb pain.
Each of these groups of 6 patients (total of 18) will be studied independently and all patients will be implanted with a motor cortex stimulation system. They will be randomised to either a regular or low stimulation setting in the two arms of the study. Each arm will last 3 months.
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