CompletedNot Applicable

Paired Acute Invasive/Non-invasive Stimulation Trial

United Kingdom16 participantsStarted 2019-05-01

Plain-language summary

Chronic pain patients with implanted dorsal root ganglion stimulators will be randomized to receive transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to the motor cortex, magneto-encephalographically (MEG) localized stimulation or sham stimulation to identify therapeutic efficacy of paired central and peripheral neuromodulation.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who are willing and able to give consent to the study. * Male or Female, aged 18 years or above with diagnoses of chronic pain. * Treatment includes Spinal Cord Stimulation, Dorsal Root Ganglion stimulation, or peripheral analgesic stimulation. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who do not wish to be in the study. * Patients with metallic intracranial implants. * Patients with extreme language barrier that cannot understand the purpose of the study despite the use of an interpreter

What they're measuring

Change in pain scores: 21-point pain scale rating

Timeframe: Immediately after 30 minutes of transcranial direct current stimulation

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03954093

SponsorUniversity of Oxford

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2019-12-20

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