Spinal Cord Stimulation to Treat Hypertension

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Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

To investigate the exercise blood pressure response during a lower-extremity dynamic exercise in postmenopausal women with hypertension and to determine if lumbar epidural spinal cord stimulation reduces blood pressure during exercise in postmenopausal women and men with hypertension.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02828436

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

9

Starts

2017-03-22

Expected to finish

2019-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-09-16

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Men and post-menopausal women between the ages of 40-90 years old
• Hypertension (defined as BP ≥ 140/90), diagnosed by a physician
• Ability of the patient to provide consent

You may not qualify if…

• History of cardiopulmonary disorders other than hypertension, as determined on the medical evaluation questionnaire.
• History of dangerous arrhythmias (arrhythmias requiring treatment or requiring physician supervision)
• Currently taking specific anti-hypertensive medications that may affect the exercise pressor response or influence the effect of spinal cord stimulation.
• Please contact study staff for information regarding your eligibility.
• History of spinal fusion or laminectomy at L3 or above
• Current prescription opioid usage
• Contraindication to MRI
• At physician discretion which will be documented on the case report form.

Where it is running

• University of Minnesota Medical Center — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• University of Minnesota — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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