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Clinical trialNCT02321566TerminatedPhase 1Interventional

Motor Cortex Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Facial, Upper Extremity, and Throat Pain.

SponsorJohns Hopkins UniversityEnrollment1Central Pain SyndromesComplex Regional Pain Syndrome (Types I and II, Involving the Upper Extremity)Glossopharyngeal NeuralgiaTrigeminal Deafferentation PainTrigeminal Neuralgia (Burchiel Type I)Trigeminal Neuralgia (Burchiel Type II)+2 more conditions
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Summary

The lay summary the sponsor registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

This study is an open-label study to determine the feasibility of Motor Cortex Stimulation (MCS) in the treatment of patients with chronic pain of the face or upper extremity. MCS will be delivered by use of an electrode and pulse generator, which are FDA approved for spinal cord stimulation but are not approved for MCS. The study has as a single-arm design with the subject at baseline serving as a control for the response to MCS.
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Investigators

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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • the Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
28 Feb 2015
Primary completion
21 Nov 2017
Completion
21 Nov 2017
Last update posted
18 Feb 2019
Registered enrollment
1
Registry id
NCT02321566
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.