Virtual Reality for Chronic Neuropathic Pain
Status unconfirmed · Phase 3
Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injuries, Neuropathic Pain
In brief
The investigators hypothesize that SCI patients using immersive IVR training will show improved reduction of neuropathic pain that will outlast the training sessions and transfers into daily life.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03592394
- Run by
- Kathleen Friel
- People needed
- 40
- Starts
- 2016-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2019-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-07-10
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Presence of chronic neuropathic pain at or below SCI level for at least 6 months following trauma or disease of the spinal cord;
- A pain intensity of at least 4 out of 10 in the numerical rating scale (NRS) in the Neuropathic Pain Scale (NPS) test at both screening (baseline) and randomization (pre-evaluation);
- Stable pharmacological treatment for at least 2 weeks prior to the study and throughout the trial;
- Incomplete lesion (American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale, AIS B, C or D; B= motor complete, sensory incomplete; C= sensorimotor incomplete with an average strength of the muscles below the level of the lesion <3, D= sensorimotor incomplete with average muscle strength >3);
- Cervical level of lesion (C2 to T1) with presence of pain in the upper extremities
You may not qualify if…
- Presence of severe pain of other origin, such as musculoskeletal pain
- Psychiatric or other neurological disorders
- Head injuries causing cognitive or visual impairment
- Severe vertigo
- Presence of potential risk factors for brain stimulation (TMS): history of seizures, presence of surgically implanted foreign bodies such as a pacemaker, metal plate in the skull, and metal inside the skull;
- Medically unstable
Where it is running
- Burke Medical Research Institute — White Plains, New York, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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