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An open prospective randomised long-term effectiveness study, comparing best medical practice with or without adjunctive Spinal Cord Stimulation in patients with chronic diabetic neuropathic pai

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Diabetic neuropathic pain
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Diabetes mellitus
Registration Number
ISRCTN03269533
Lead Sponsor
Medisch Spectrum Twente (The Netherlands)
Brief Summary

2009 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18413161/ (added 14/01/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
11
Inclusion Criteria

1. Chronic, diabetic, peripheral neuropathic pain that exists for more than one year
2. Patient cannot be treated further otherwise according to patients' medical specialist
3. The pain-sensation on a VAS-scale is minimal five (recording both for day and night time)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Aged less than 18 years
2. Psychological problems
3. Neuropathic pain in upper extremities

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
VAS score: measured at baseline and one, three, six, nine and 12 months after inclusion.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<br> 1. Response rates (greater than or equal to 50% reduction in pain intensity) at all visits<br> 2. Percent of patients that are pain free (more than 75% reduction in pain intensity) at all visits<br> 3. Mean and median percent change in pain intensity at all visits<br> 4. Pain free time during day and night<br> 5. McGill Pain Questionnaire<br> 6. Short Form 36<br> 7. Changes in pain medication<br> 8. Compliance rates<br> 9. Emergent adverse events<br> 10. Device complications<br> 11. Premature study withdrawal<br><br> Measured at baseline and one, three, six, nine and 12 months after inclusion.<br>
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