Trial Outcomes & Findings for Effect of Pulse Width With Spinal Cord Stimulation (NCT NCT00399516)

NCT ID: NCT00399516

Last Updated: 2012-04-04

Results Overview

Pain severity as measured by NRS quantifies pain, where 0 is "no pain" and 10 is "worst pain imaginable"

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

PHASE4

Target enrollment

21 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

Within 6 months post-implantation

Results posted on

2012-04-04

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Spinal Cord Stimulation Programming Parameters
Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) treatment group programmed using a randomly assigned sequence of stimulation parameters (i.e. pulse widths)
Overall Study
STARTED
21
Overall Study
COMPLETED
19
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
2

Reasons for withdrawal

Reasons for withdrawal
Measure
Spinal Cord Stimulation Programming Parameters
Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) treatment group programmed using a randomly assigned sequence of stimulation parameters (i.e. pulse widths)
Overall Study
Lost to Follow-up
2

Baseline Characteristics

Effect of Pulse Width With Spinal Cord Stimulation

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Spinal Cord Stimulation Programming Parameters
n=21 Participants
Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) Treatment Group
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
17 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
4 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age Continuous
53.4 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 12.9 • n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
8 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
13 Participants
n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
21 participants
n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Within 6 months post-implantation

Pain severity as measured by NRS quantifies pain, where 0 is "no pain" and 10 is "worst pain imaginable"

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Spinal Cord Stimulation Programming Parameters
n=19 Participants
Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) treatment group programmed using a randomly assigned sequence of stimulation parameters (i.e. pulse widths)
Pain Severity, as Measured on the 11-point (0-10) Numerical Rating Scale (NRS)
-56.1 Percent Change in Pain Rating
Standard Deviation 25.8

Adverse Events

Spinal Cord Stimulation Programming Parameters

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 2 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Other adverse events
Measure
Spinal Cord Stimulation Programming Parameters
n=21 participants at risk
Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) Treatment Group
Nervous system disorders
Stimulation not tolerated
4.8%
1/21 • Number of events 1
Nervous system disorders
Pain
4.8%
1/21 • Number of events 1

Additional Information

Brad Hershey, MS

Boston Scientific

Phone: (661) 949-4828

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place

Restriction type: LTE60