Spinal Cord Neuromodulation for Spinal Cord Injury

Running, not enrolling · Phase 1/Phase 2

Conditions studied: Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Tetraparesis, Tetraplegia

In brief

This study is designed to assess the strategy of using spinal cord stimulation to improve the ability to move in spinal cord injured humans.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT02313194
Run by: University of California, Los Angeles
People needed: 12
Starts: 2013-07-01
Expected to finish: 2026-12-30
Last updated by the study team: 2026-02-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Stable medical condition without cardiopulmonary disease or dysautonomia that would contraindicate hand/arm movement
No severe cardiopulmonary diseases such as severe bradycardia, severe autonomic dysreflexia, and/or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
No painful musculoskeletal dysfunction, unhealed fracture, contracture, pressure sore, or infection that might interfere with upper extremity training
No clinically significant depression or ongoing drug abuse
No current anti-spasticity medication regimen
Non-progressive SCI above C5
Must not have received botox injections in the prior six months
Be unable to grip or move independently
Be at least one-year post injury
Must be at least 18 years of age
Segmental reflexes remain functional below the lesion
Female subjects of child-bearing potential must not be pregnant and must be using a medically acceptable method of contraception
No current implant(s) of neurostimulators, cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators, shunts, stents, or aneurysm clips, and must have no future exposure to diathermy following implantation
No coagulopathy, cardiac risk factors, or other significant medical risk factors for surgery
Must not be involved in another clinical trial
Must not have disorders or conditions that would require MRI monitoring

You may not qualify if…

None as long as inclusion criteria are met.

Where it is running

UCLA — Los Angeles, California, United States

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