Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 22-80 (full criteria)
Location
at San Francisco, California
Dates
study started
completion around
Principal Investigator
by Prasad Shirvalkar
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Prasad Shirvalkar

Description

Summary

Chronic pain affects 1 in 4 US adults, and many cases are resistant to almost any treatment. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) holds promise as a new option for patients suffering from treatment-resistant chronic pain, but traditional approaches target only brain regions involved in one aspect of the pain experience and provide continuous 24/7 brain stimulation which may lose effect over time. By developing new technology that targets multiple, complimentary brain regions in an adaptive fashion, the investigators will test a new therapy for chronic pain that has potential for better, more enduring analgesia.

Official Title

Closed-Loop Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory Chronic Pain Using Summit RC+S

Details

Keywords

Spinal Cord Injuries, Nerve Injury, Pain, Postoperative, Post Herpetic Neuralgia, Complex Regional Pain Syndromes, Post-Stroke Pain, Post Radiation Brain Injury, Post Radiation Plexopathy, Nerve Root Avulsion, Chronic Pain, Brain Injuries, Neuralgia, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Postherpetic Neuralgia, Radiculopathy, Postoperative Pain, Wounds and Injuries, Medtronic Summit RC+S or Percept RC, Inactive DBS

Eligibility

Location

  • UCSF accepting new patients
    San Francisco California 94143 United States

Lead Scientist at UCSF

  • Prasad Shirvalkar
    Associate Professor, Anesthesia, School of Medicine. Authored (or co-authored) 53 research publications. Research interests: Pain Management · Neuromodulation · Deep Brain Stimulation · Headache · Neuropathic Pain · Spinal Cord Stimulation · Post Stroke Pain · Phantom Limb Pain

Details

Status
accepting new patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
University of California, San Francisco
ID
NCT04144972
Study Type
Interventional
Participants
Expecting 12 study participants
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