Transcutaneous Spinal Stimulation for Children and Youth With Spina Bifida

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Conditions studied: Myelomeningocele, Spina Bifida

In brief

A study to use transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation to characterize sensorimotor deficits in a pediatric population of individuals with spina bifida.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06918119

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

30

Starts

2025-08-07

Expected to finish

2030-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-10-14

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Congenital diagnosis of myelomeningocele (MMC)
• Able to follow verbal commands or instructions.
• If female and able to become pregnant, must be willing to use medically-acceptable method of contraception during study participation.

You may not qualify if…

• Severe cognitive deficits demonstrating inability to communicate needs
• Gaping, weeping, or unhealed open wounds at the site of electrode placement
• Unhealed fractures on load bearing bones
• History of osteoporosis
• History of implanted electronic devices at the stimulation location(e.g. deep brain stimulator, cardiac pacemaker, diaphragmatic pacer, baclofen pumps, insulin pumps, etc.)
• Pregnancy
• Epilepsy
• History of seizure
• Ongoing infections (currently being treated or are symptomatic)
• Any illness or condition which, based on the research team's assessment, will compromise the patient's ability to comply with the protocol, patient safety, or the validity of the data collected during this study.

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic in Rochester — Rochester, Minnesota, United States (enrolling)

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