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Effectiveness of High Density Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Intractable Pai

Not Applicable
Terminated
Conditions
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, NEC
Registration Number
KCT0003814
Lead Sponsor
Seoul National University Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Terminated
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria

(1)Patients with chronic intractable pain who meets the Korean SCS Reimbursement Guideline as follows:
(Korea SCS Reimbursement Guideline)
a)An ineffective patient with sustainable severe intractable pain (VAS or NRS pain score over 7 grade) who has been treated by a conservative therapy (medication and nerve block, etc.) for 6 months.
cf.) CRPS is available after the conservative therapy for 3 months
b)An ineffective cancer pain patient with over 1 year life expectancy and VAS (or NRS pain score) over 7 grade who takes active pain treatment for 6 months such as medication, nerve block, epidural morphine injection, etc.
(2)Age > 18
(3)Patients who have been informed of the study procedures and has given written informed consent.
(4)Patients who are willing to comply with study protocol including attending the study visits

Exclusion Criteria

(1)Expected inability of patients to receive or properly operate the SCS system
(2)Active malignancy
(3)Addiction to any of the following drugs, alcohol, and/or medication
(4)Evidence of an active disruptive psychiatric disorder or other known condition significant enough to impact perception of pain, compliance to intervention and/or ability to evaluate treatment outcome as determined by investigator
(5)Local infection or other skin disorder at site of incision
(6)Pregnancy
(7)Other implanted active medical device
(8)Life expectancy < 1 year
(9)Coagulation deficiency (Platelet count < 100,000, PT INR > 1.4)
(10)Immune deficiency (HIV positive, immunosuppressive, etc.)

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
proportion(%) of HD SCS mode selected by participants
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain intensity with NRS (0-10) pain score: the difference between the baseline screening and the evaluation
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