CNS Growth Factors Release and Changes in the Inflammatory Environment in Response to Electrical Stimulation in Subjects With Inflammatory Myelopathies
Stopped early · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Inflammatory Myelopathies
In brief
This research is being done to see how different amounts of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) affect cycling on factors in blood and spinal cord in people with spinal cord inflammation.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01440452
- Run by
- Johns Hopkins University
- People needed
- 25
- Starts
- 2010-11-01
- Expected to finish
- 2019-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-07-17
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Male, Female, age 18-65, all ethnic groups
- History of inflammatory myelopathy with onset at least 3 months prior
- No FES ergometer (i.e. RT300 or equivalent) use within 1 month
- Subject is medically stable, with no recent (1 month or less) inpatient admission for acute medical or surgical issues
- Subject is legally able to make own health care decisions
- Access to telephone with texting capabilities
- English language proficiency
You may not qualify if…
- Cardiovascular disease as defined by previous myocardial infarction, unstable angina, requirement for anti platelet agents, congestive heart failure, or stroke New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV, history of arrhythmia with hemodynamic instability.
- Uncontrolled hypertension (resting systolic BP>160mmHg or diastolic BP >100mmHg consistently)
- Concurrent lower motor neuron disease such as peripheral neuropathy that would exclude lower extremity electrical excitability
- Unstable long bone fractures of the lower extremities
- Subjects who are unwilling to agree to two cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examinations (lumbar punctures)
- Presence of cardiac pacemaker and/or defibrillator
- Presence of cancer
- History of epileptic seizures
- Subjects having a Stage 2 or greater sacral decubitus ulcer
- Women who are pregnant
- Active drug or alcohol use or dependence
Where it is running
- International Neurorehabilitation Institute — Lutherville, Maryland, United States
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