Predicting Pain Response to Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Phantom Limb Pain in Limb Amputees
Completed
Conditions studied: Phantom Limb Pain
In brief
This study explores the effects transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS, Soterix ©) on Phantom Limb Pain for patients experiencing chronic phantom limb pain in open-label study design.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02627495
- Run by
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
- People needed
- 9
- Starts
- 2015-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2021-03-09
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-05-11
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Able to provide informed consent to participate in the study.
- Subject is older than 18 years.
- 3 months of phantom limb pain (experienced regularly for at least once a week) after the amputated limb has completely healed.
- Average pain of at least 4 on a numeric rating scale in the previous week (NRS; ranging from 0 to 10).
- If the subject is taking any medications, dosages must be stable for at least 2 weeks prior to the enrollment of the study.
You may not qualify if…
- Pregnancy or trying to become pregnant in the next 2 months.
- History of alcohol or drug abuse within the past 6 months as self-reported.
- Presence of the following contraindication to transcranial direct current stimulation Ferromagnetic metal in the head (e.g., plates or pins, bullets, shrapnel) Implanted head electronic medical devices (e.g., cochlear implants)
- Head injury resulting in loss of consciousness for at least 30 min or pos-traumatic amnesia for greater than 24 hours, as self-reported
- Unstable medical conditions (e.g. uncontrolled diabetes, uncompensated cardiac issues, heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
- Uncontrolled Epilepsy
- Suffering from severe depression (as defined by a score of >30 in the Beck Depression Inventory).*
- History of unexplained fainting spells or loss of consciousness as self-reported during the last 2 years.
- History of neurosurgery, as self-reported.
Where it is running
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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