Spinal Cord Evoked Potentials as a Tool to Investigate Sensorimotor Processing

• Conditions: Studying Spinal Cord Evoked Potentials in Patients With Intractable Pain.
• Interventions: Behavioral: Recording spinal cord evoked potentials

• Registration Number: NCT01208805
• Lead Sponsor: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Brief Summary

The study first aim is to investigate the relationship between different patterns of electrode stimulation and peripheral sensory stimulation and spinal cord-evoked potentials to optimize spinal cord stimulation parameters . The second aim of the study is to investigate the role of the spinal cord in some aspects of cognitive-sensory-motor processing, specifically the presence of top-down attentional effects on the sensory analysis of an external stimulus at the spinal cord level.

The study will be performed on patients that will be implanted with a spinal epidural electrode because of chronic intractable pain. From these electrodes, spinal cord evoked potentials (SCEPs) will be recorded.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2010-09
• Study First Submitted: 2010-09-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-09-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-09-23
• Study First Posted: 2010-09-24
• Last Update Posted: 2010-09-24
• Study Start: 2010-11
• Primary Completion: 2011-12
• Study Completion: 2012-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• Age: 18 - 70
• Candidates for spinal cord stimulation
• Epidural electrode at the the level of the cervical or thoracic spine.

Exclusion Criteria

• Generalized sensory deficit interfering with the recording of spinal cord evoked potentials

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Candidates for dorsal column stimulation	Recording spinal cord evoked potentials	-

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UZ Leuven; 🇧🇪 Leuven, Brabant, Belgium