Spinal Cord stimulation for Intractable MONOneuropathy

Conditions: mononeuropathy
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Registration Number: NL-OMON56537

Lead Sponsor: Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

- Suffering from painful peripheral mononeuropathy in the distal extremities,
preferably post-traumatic or post-surgical, confirmed by EMG
- Symptoms refractory to conventional medical management for at least 6 months
according to treating physician
- 18 years or older
- At least 5 out of 10 on the numerical rating scale for pain (average pain
intensity in week prior to assessment)

Exclusion Criteria

- Mononeuropathy located in the head or torso
- Mononeuropathy by avulsion at the plexus brachialis
- Life expectancy <1 year

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The effect of 6 months of spinal cord stimulation in the test subjects on the<br /><br>'IMMPACT guidelines' (perceived pain intensity, quality of life, physical and<br /><br>emotional functioning, and medication use)</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>- Effect of individually optimized spinal cord stimulation settings<br /><br>- Effect of 3 or 6 months of spinal cord stimulation on thermographic images,<br /><br>immunology, QST, and EMG.<br /><br>- Personal preference for spinal cord stimulation settings of the test subjects</p><br>