Clinical trialNCT05811312RecruitingObservational

Brain Connectivity Changes With Spinal Cord Stimulation and Treatment of Chronic Pain: A Resting State NIRS/EEG Study

SponsorVA Office of Research and DevelopmentEnrollment40Neuropathic Pain

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Summary

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This study aims to assess how use of spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of chronic pain impacts brain structure and function. The investigators will use a non-invasive neuroimaging technique called resting state Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Electroencephalography (rs-fNIRS/EEG). The investigators will enroll Veterans who are currently receiving care at the Medical Center and who are either long term users of SCS for the treatment of their chronic pain or being evaluated for use of SCS to treat their pain.

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Investigators

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Svetlana Pundik, MD
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Principal Investigator
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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

Louis Stokes Va Medical Center, Cleveland, Oh
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Svetlana Pundik, MD
Recruiting

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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: 1 Jul 2023
Primary completion: 30 Jun 2027
Completion: 30 Jun 2027
Last update posted: 1 Jun 2026
Registered enrollment: 40
Registry id: NCT05811312

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