Targeting Cervical Epidural Spinal Cord Stimulation for Functional Recovery

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Conditions studied: Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Tetraplegia/Tetraparesis, Cervical Myelopathy

In brief

The proposed study seeks to understand how the cervical spinal cord should be stimulated after injury through short-term physiology experiments that will inform a preclinical efficacy trial. The purpose of this study is to determine which cervical levels epidural electrical stimulation (EES) should target to recruit arm and hand muscles effectively and selectively in spinal cord injury (SCI).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06701422

Run by

Columbia University

People needed

36

Starts

2024-12-06

Expected to finish

2026-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-11-24

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Clinical indication for cervical spine surgery.

You may not qualify if…

• Stimulation devices in the neck or chest (e.g., vagal nerve stimulation, cardiac patients with pacemakers)

Where it is running

• Columbia University Irving Medical Center — New York, New York, United States (enrolling)
• The Daniel and Jane Och Spine Hospital at NewYork-Presbyterian/Allen — New York, New York, United States (enrolling)

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